 This project, will resolve four vital problems of the State of Gujarat which are water, electrical power, road-rail transport and development of ports.The original plan envisaged a larger dam along with a tidal power plant.A state government release said the Rs 55,000 crore (US$11.7 billion) project, to be completed by 2020, will have a vast fresh water reservoir with gross storage of 16,791 million cubic metres of water, 64 km long dam across the Gulf of Khambhat connecting Ghogha in Bhavnagar with Hansot in Bharuch District, reducing the distance between the two by 225 km.