The Project will have a full reservoir level of 297.65 m. The maximum height of the masonry dam above river bed level is 52.4 m, of the overflow dam 44.09 m and of the earth dam will be 33.9 m - a level of 300.4 m for all 3 dams. The length of the Right Bank Canal will be 11.64 m and of the left Bank canal will be 10.02 m.

C. The Culturable Command Area of the Project will be 15,000 hectares with proposed annual irrigation going upto 19,200 ha. The DPR of the Project (July, 1982) mentions that the Command of the Project will be in 48 villages of Dhar district. The Draft Appraisal of the Man River Project (CR 1108 IN/NVDA 1394) details that to 22 villages in Manawar block and 31 villages in Gandhwani block of Dhar District - a total of 53. However, the status report of the Narmada Valley Development Department list s 56 villages by name, while mentioning that there are 57 villages in the command. We can only presume that the Command covers between 53 and 57 villages.

D. The Command Area has a rolling topography, with some of the area having very steep slopes. The command is bound by the Vindhyan foothills in the North and the proposal right bank flow canal of the Omkareshwar Project in the South. On either side, it is bound by the Ghatwal river and the watershed of the Uri river and the Wagur nala respectively. The catchment upto dam site is 690 sq. km.

The Project has no power potential.

The 1998 status report of the NVDD mentions a reservoir submergence of 1094.886 ha for a total of 17 villages. The 1982 DPR says that 865 ha of culturable land and over 560 families - the majority of whom are Bhilala tribals will be affected. The status report 1998 decreases the 865 ha of culturable land figure to 709.086 ha.

Forest Area to be submerged includes 4.393 ha under reservoir and 2.5 ha under canals.

Revenue land lost under canals is not mentioned in the reports but given the canal lengths, it could well be above 200 ha. This can mean an additional displacement of 200 to 250 families.

The projects at the time of Planning Commission clearance was Rs.44.1 crores. Subsequently it went up to 88 crores and is now Rs.108.12 crores at 1988 prices. Investment already made on the Project prior to the 1997 NABARD loan was 57.6 crores. After receiving the loan of Rs.44 crores in 1997 another 7 crores has been spent, a total of 64.6 crores talk now.