{"id":87354,"date":"2020-08-19T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T12:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2020-08-19T17:37:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T12:07:47","slug":"explained-what-is-bhadbhut-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-bhadbhut-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What is Bhadbhut project?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Gujarat government has awarded the contract for the construction of Bhadbhut barrage project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/zXfiDord5xUiiG81FKHnqI52a434rZOtOKogMazFg1jVXLBhOJ-rP3PLJdXqk7WsZSPX1LOpRFjLsTSjVWIGSuR9McknkP4ME2Ac8H8N6d8loFe9jCW1r0AMVZJ8vyBINh3nwYzD\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Bhadbhut Project:<\/strong> It is a 1.7-km barrage project across the river Narmada and 25 km from the mouth of the river where it flows into the Gulf of Khambhat.<\/li><li><strong>Purpose:&nbsp;<\/strong><ul><li>To prevent salinity ingress which refers to the process of saltwater invading areas which previously contained only freshwater.<\/li><li>To stop most of the excess water flowing out of the Sardar Sarovar Dam from reaching the sea and thus create a sweet water lake on the river.<\/li><li>To prevent flooding in years when rainfall is higher than normal by building embankments.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The project is a part of Kalpasar Project which aims to build a 30 km dam across the Gulf of Khambhat for establishing a huge freshwater coastal reservoir for irrigation, drinking and industrial purposes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Barrage: <\/strong>It is an artificial barrier across a river or estuary to prevent flooding, aid irrigation or navigation or to generate electricity by tidal power.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Gujarat government has awarded the contract for the construction of Bhadbhut barrage project. Facts: Bhadbhut Project: It is a 1.7-km barrage project across the river Narmada and 25 km from the mouth of the river where it flows into the Gulf of Khambhat. Purpose:&nbsp; To prevent salinity ingress which refers to the process of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-bhadbhut-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What is Bhadbhut project?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5106],"class_list":["post-87354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-bhadbhut-project","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704713058},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}