In Pics: PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Narmada Dam On Birthday
Updated: September 17, 2017 11:58 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada at an event coinciding with his 67th birthday. The foundation stone of the damn, which was described as Gujarat's lifeline by BJP leaders, was laid on April 5, 1961 by the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. However, it took 56 years to complete its construction.
Sardar Sarovar Dam is the second biggest dam in the world after the Grand Coulee Dam in the US.
Activist Medha Patkar has been protesting against the project demanding rehabilitation of families affected by it.
PM Modi offered prayers while inaugurating the dam on Narmada river.
Each gate of the dam weighs over 450 tonnes and it takes one hour to close them.
Each gate of the dam weighs over 450 tonnes and it takes one hour to close them.
