management and development is evident in almost all Member States , with nearly all having a dedicated trans-boundary unit , division or department within their Water Affairs ministries dealing with transboundary water resources issues . In addition each country has established a National NBI office NBI is organized on the principle of subsidiarity through two sub-basin programs – the Eastern Nile Subsidiary Action Program ( ENSAP ) and the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program ( NELSAP ). This set up has enabled NBI to leverage the unique potentials and mitigate risks in the respective sub-basins . RIVERS OF INDIA
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5 ) Bargi Dam The Bargi dam is one of the first supposedly completed dams among the chain of 30 major dams . The proposal of this dam construction was conceptualised by the Central Water and Power Commission in 1968 envisaging irrigation in 2.98 lakh ha . and hydro-power generation capacity of 105 MW . The height of the dam is 69 mts . and length 5.4 kms . A lake of about 75 kms in length and 4.5 kms width , spreading over 26797 ha . in Jabalpur , Mandla and Seoni districts is formed when the water is impounded upto the dam FRL of 422.76m . Later the Bargi diversion scheme was planned , increasing the total irrigation potential to 4.37 lakh ha . The total cost estimates initially conceived were Rs . 64 crores which since then escalated to 566.31 crores in 1989 , excluding the cost of canal construction which is estimated to be about 1660.80 Cr . The dam construction work started in 1974 and was completed in 1990 when the gates were closed and the dam was filled to its complete capacity . 162 villages in districts Mandla , Seoni and Jabalpur were affected , submerging about 82 villages completely . Of the 26797 ha of land submerged , 14750 ha . was ownership land , 8478 ha . forest land and 3569 ha . other government land . Among the 7000 families displaced , 43 % were tribals , 12 % harijans , 38 % OBCs and 7 % others . ( Source : www . Narmada . org ). 6 ) Lower GOI Dam : The Lower Goi dam is being constructed on river Goi a tributary of river Narmada near Village Panchpula in Barwani District , which is about 21 km a
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