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Subject: LS: Dutch Give $10m for Kalpasar Study
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>The Times of India, Ahmedabad, March 29, 2001
>
>http://www.timesofindia.com/today/29mahm6.htm
>
> $10-m aid gives much-needed fillip
>
> VADODARA: The Kalpasar project, Gujarat's dream
> project to turn Gulf of Khambhat into a huge fresh water
> lake, received a major fillip with the Netherlands-based
> Nadeco Company committing $10 million (about Rs 46
> crore) in aid.
>
> The state government, in turn, has agreed in principle to
> accept the aid. Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel is sending
> a four-member team comprising Kalpasar Core
> Committee chairman and chief co-ordinator of the
> project C C Patel, project conceiver Anil Kane,
> additional secretary U K Sarvaiya and secretary
> Narmada and major irrigation projects M I Mehta to the
> Netherlands in May.
>
> Simultaneously the state government is also setting up a
> Kalpasar Development Authority to administer the funds.
> Already Rs 18 crore have been poured into the project
> since its conception in mid 1980's. The total project cost
> is estimated at Rs 25,000 crore.
>
> "This is a major boost to Kalpasar. The Netherlands is
> known for great dam building and if a company of that
> country has shown interest in our project it means big",
> Kane told 'The Times of India'.
>
> He said Kalpasar envisages bridging the Gulf of
> Khambhat with a 24-km-long dam that will connect
> Bharuch and Bhavnagar. Besides providing drinking and
> irrigation water to the entire Saurashtra and Kutch,
> Kalpasar will generate 6000 mega watts of power, Kane
> said.
>
> "Saline water will be replaced by fresh water. About
> 400,000 hectares of land that is of no use today will be
> reclaimed. This fresh water lake than will have fantastic
> harbours and flourishing fisheries," Kane said.
>
> Till date five exhaustive volumes on feasibility of
> Kalpasar project and six survey studies have been put
> out by the Kalpasar core committee.
>
> Kane said that Reliance Industries, Larsen and Tubro,
> Tata Hydel and Tata Housing Development have
> appreciated the 6000 mw power generation aspect of
> the project. "They have shown keen interest. Some of
> these companies are even enthusiastic to manufacture
> and supply us turbines against the kind of power
> generation we estimate through Kalpasar," Kane said.
>
> Nadeco, on the other hand, is interested in the building
> part of the dam. "They specialise in building big dams.
> Holland has one of the world's best dams in Islemeher
> through which they have reclaimed land submerged
> under the sea and converted it into a world floriculture
> centre. In Kalpasar also they see good business
> opportunity and hence are offering the aid", Kane
> observed.
>
> Nadeco has suggested to the state government that its
> aid should be used in institutional strengthening of the
> Kalpasar cell. This deals with procuring equipment,
> technology exchange or transfer and manpower. Nadeco
> has also suggested for a GIS, data base on environment
> baseline, project regime modelling and association with
> Central Water and Power Resources Centre (CWPRC)
> in Pune has also been demanded. The CWPRC's
> intervention is sought to study the impact of Kalpasar on
> sedimentation, salinity, currents and other technical
> aspects. National Institute of Oceanography's
> involvement has also been sought.
>
> When asked about the astronomical cost of the project
> Kane said that the major expenditure was on power
> generation. "However the power we would generate
> here will be less than Rs 2 a kW for an hour. And unlike
> Enron, in Kalpasar there is no need for foreign
> exchange", Kane remarked. He added that the other
> benefits of Kalpasar was that there was no displacement
> of people or inviting natural disasters by disturbing
> earth's crust.
>
> "Even if Narmada dam is built to the height of 138
> metres, 90 percent of Saurashtra and 95 per cent of
> Kutch would not get water. Kalpasar is a feasible
> alternative and in five years can change the face of
> Saurashtra and Kutch," Kane said.
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