The world’s largest water pumping station by volume’ started its operation by releasing 230 cubic meters of water per second (cumecs) into the parched Saurashtra region of the State on Tuesday. This would also provide drinking water to more than 4500 villages. It would also produce 30 MW electricity through the three hydro power plants.
This will increase to 410 cumecs after expansion of phases III and IV, with the total five-station system pumping 5,40,000 lakh litres of water per day into Saurashtra when completed. It will irrigate 5.4 lakh hectares of area in Saurashtra that constitutes about one-third of the total command area of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). In addition, 4,620 villages and towns in the region would get drinking water supply.
The feat of lifting 230 cubic meters of water per second to a height of 71 m against the steep gradient of the Saurashtra peninsula in five stages will be achieved using 16 high tension concrete and vertical motors, and a siphon system that has been patented in the US by manufacturers Kirloskar Brothers Limited.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the phase I and II of the Saurashtra system of the Narmada project at Kadu chainage of the Saurashtra Branch Canal (SBC) in Surendranagar district.
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