Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has evinced interest in Kalpasar project in Gujarat.

HCC has reportedly prepared a draft proposal and submitted it to the state government. The project may entail a cost of Rs 25,000-30,000 crore.

The project aims to build a dam in the Gulf of Khambhat and turn it into a sweet water lake. It is envisaged to create a fresh water basin of more than 2,000 sq km which will receive water from twelve rivers flowing into Gulf including excess water from Narmada, Mahi, Sabarmati and Dadhar.

Targeted to be completed by 2020, Kalpasar will create a vast fresh water reservoir with gross storage of 16,791 million cubic mtrs of water, 64.16 km long and 35 mtrs wide dam across the Gulf of Khambhat connecting Ghogha in Bhavnagar with Hansot in Bharuch District, reducing the distance between the two by 225 km.

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