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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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