Figure 8.2: The Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada and other major dams around the world. The Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River is only one of hundreds of thousands of dam projects throughout the world that together have displaced between 40 and 80 million people. The map shows some of the major dams around the world. (A) Before they were displaced by the reservoir of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, rural people stand outside homes that are now submerged.