Surplus Narmada water to fill 36 talav,43 check dams,5 rivers
July 30, 2014
Gandhinagar, 30 July 2014
Gujarat government spokesperson minister Nitinbhai Patel today said that Narmada dam is likely to overflow tomorrow if it continues to get fresh inflow. He said in that situation surplus water of Narmada dam will be used to fill north Gujarat’s water bodies. Surplus water will also be supplied for groundwater recharge and irrigation through Sujlam Suflam canal and other water carrying channels. He said total 1975 cusec water will be fetched through 9 pipelines for this purpose.
Additionally Sujlam Suflan canal chain 154-332 km(178 km) will unload water at various places. 12 water carrying channels(221 km) and Sujlam Suflam canal will fill water in 36 water bodies and 42 check dams. Water will be released in Khari, Rupen, Pushpavati, Saraswati and Banas rivers through Sujlam Suflam canal or ground water recharge.
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