Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India dedicated Sardar Sarovar Dam to the country, but the plan has not yet been fulfilled.

The infrastructure of the canal is barely 30 percent of the command area and the reservoir is also not filled.

The amount so far has been spent in this project, the more likely it is to look.

The problem is that we do not know the total cost of this project. Broadly, we can say that this project has only suffered much, whereas the benefits are very low.

This scheme was made for Kutch, Saurashtra and North Gujarat. These are drought-hit areas of Gujarat. The plan was made as the only option to provide water, but till date the water has not reached in these areas.

Most of the water is going to districts such as Ahmedabad, Baroda, Kheda, Broach in Central Gujarat. The Sabarmati River which is flowing in Ahmedabad also has water of Narmada.

So, the benefits of this plan are not seen as the areas where the water was needed. The water not reached there and there was already sufficient water in the place where it was reached.

Due to this plan, at least 50 thousand families have been displaced. Narmada river has ended. The celebration that Prime Minister Modi celebrated today was a way to celebrate the death of the river Narmada.

Because the river which was below 150 km under the dam, the flow has ceased. At the same time, the 200-km-long reservoir area built on the dam, the river is not flowing even there.

The ten thousand families living in the lower reaches were dependent on fish farming. Their livelihood is completely over.

The question arises, with which purpose the plan was started? How much will be benefit really? Was this plan the best option for achieving these objectives?

When we look for answers to these three questions, we find that this plan was not the best option for Gujarat, the drought-hit areas and India.

A few days ago, Japan, which started the bullet train with Modi, was the first to draw its hand with this plan. When they came to know that the displacement of several thousand people due to the plan, they retreated.

In 1992, the World Bank had set up its independent inquiry and found that the project would suffer a lot, hence the World Bank had refused to pay the money.

In the year 1993-94, when the Indian government had set up an independent inquiry, the plan was also stated to be unsuccessful.

In India, the government only works to put a stamp in front of the politician. The misfortune of the country is that the bureaucrats here can not take independent decisions.

Five major disadvantages of Sardar Sarovar dam:
- Kutch, Saurashtra, North Gujarat will not benefit
- Narmada river is over
- At least 50 thousand families displaced, the livelihood of 10 thousand fishermen families was over
- 50 thousand crores have been spent in this plan and this will cost more
- This scheme is the failure of the administration, the people who have not been rehabilitated, their trust in judiciary has been reduced.

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