Narendra Modi inaugurates Sardar Sarovar Dam; 9 facts about the dam

Medha Patkar has alleged that the dam's inauguration is 'politically motivated', and designed to reap gains in the upcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat

Fifty-six years after the foundation stone for the Sardar Sarovar Dam was laid by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Narmada district's Kevadia, the dam was finally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, which is also his birthday.

Here are a few things you should know about the Sardar Sarovar Dam: 

1. The Prime Minister will open 30 gates installed in the dam. Each gate weighs 450 tonnes and it will take one hour to close them. It is the second-biggest concrete gravity dam in the world after the Grand Coulee Dam in