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4.1 INTRODUCTION<br />

CHAPTER IV<br />

Preliminary Feasibility Report<br />

Basania HE Project 3 X 30 MW<br />

TOPOGRAPHIC & GEO-TECHNICAL ASPECTS<br />

The proposed Basania H.E. Project in Narmada basin in M.P. is one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

schemes selected to be taken up in first phase. As per reassessment studies<br />

carried out in CEA, based on desk studies, Basania H.E. Project envisaged<br />

construction <strong>of</strong> a 55 m high lifting dam with FRL <strong>of</strong> 481.8 M, 9 Km long HRT, a<br />

powerhouse with installed capacity <strong>of</strong> 60 MW. The tail race level was 426.7 M.<br />

(Ranking studies brief write – up and Layout are appended as Appendix- III).<br />

After further studies proposed scheme has a dam with dam-toe powerhouse<br />

having FRL <strong>of</strong> 482 M. The geological inputs mainly have been provided by the<br />

Geological Survey <strong>of</strong> India (GSI Report and GSI letter dt 21.01.04 appended as<br />

Appendix - V).<br />

REGIONAL TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL FEATURES OF<br />

PROJECT AREA.<br />

The river Narmada, one <strong>of</strong> the prominent river in M.P., takes <strong>of</strong>f from<br />

Amarkantak in Sahdol distt. at an altitude <strong>of</strong> 1066m & flows in westerly direction<br />

between Satpura & Vindhyan ranges. In the upper reaches the river has an<br />

average slope <strong>of</strong> 1 in 1000. The Basania project is located in the upper reaches<br />

<strong>of</strong> the river, about 248 Km from the source <strong>of</strong> the river. The area falls in the<br />

eastern part <strong>of</strong> the Satpura hill ranges and can be grouped into two distinct<br />

physiographic provinces namely the northern & central hill ranges and the<br />

southern ENE-WSW trending isolated hills. Trap rocks here generally form very<br />

big table lands at many places, which are called ‘dadar’ in local language. Hills<br />

with rounded tops are seen at places in the southern part <strong>of</strong> the area. Minimum<br />

elevation encountered is in the sourthern part <strong>of</strong> the area (400 m). Narmada is<br />

the major river which flows over the sourthern part <strong>of</strong> the area. Central &<br />

northern part are drained by Balainadi, Gaurnadi, Kolarnadi & Mahanadi.<br />

General pattern <strong>of</strong> drainage is dendritic to ill developed trellis pattern with ENE-<br />

WSW major axis.<br />

NH/CON/229 16 01/2004

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