Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today announced release of Narmada water in ten rivers of State.

The rivers that are going to be richer with Narmada waters are Heran, Dev, Karad, Kun, Vatrak, Meshwo, Sabarmati, Rupen, Pushpavati and Banas.

In order to fill these rivers with water, Narmada main canal flow has been increased from 11,000 to 13,000 cu sec.

At present 1086 cu sec water is being released for 8 of 10 rivers listed above, while in another two rivers namely Meshwo and Pushpavati, Narmada water will be released soon.

This decision has been possible thanks to release of water from upstream areas of neighboring state Madhya Pradesh, as hydro power units are in operation there.

The government statement said, Narmada dam level today is 126.77 meter with live storage of 2481.60 million cubic meter. Dry rivers will be recharged and wells will be richer thanks to release of water from Narmada.

DeshGujarat