Modi performs ground breaking of Narmada’s Morbi branch canal

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today performed ground breaking ceremony of Rs. 520 crore ambitious project construction work of Morbi branch of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project’s Saurashtra branch canal on auspicious day of Hanuman Jayanti today at Morbi.

Morbi branch canal will connect Narmada and Machhu rivers and will provide clean water of Narmada to villages of seven Talukas. It will also provide irrigation water to about 1.5 lakh acre land.

Modi said the government of Gujarat has kicked off Rs. 9100 crore canal construction works in a week to provide Narmada water to Kutch and Saurashtra region. In one decade the state government has attempted to construct 75,000 kms long canal network.

He said the state government’s total budget plan was Rs. 6,000 crore in year 2002, but in recent budget the government has allocated Rs. 6,200 crore only for Narmada project and its branch canal network.

After 230 ft lifting, Narmada water will be filled in Machchu-2 reservoir, once the branch canal work is completed.