Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has decided to allocate 30,689 MCFT of Narmada water to the North Gujarat and Saurashtra regions by June 30, 2025, the Gujarat government announced today. According to the official statement, this farmer-friendly decision was taken in response to representations made by farmers and leaders from North Gujarat and Saurashtra. Accordingly, 14,539 MCFT of Narmada water will be allocated to North Gujarat and 16,150 MCFT to Saurashtra. This water will ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Every year, March 22 is observed as World Water Day. On this occasion, it is worth discussing Gujarat’s water conservation and management model. Over the past two and a half decades, Gujarat, covering 196 lakh hectares, has turned around its water crisis into an opportunity through favorable policies. Today, Gujarat has effectively utilized 61.32 lakh hectares of its 70 lakh hectares irrigation capacity. The construction of 1,87,403 check dams has ensured groundwater recharge a...Read More

Gandhinagar: As part of the initiative to provide clean drinking water to every household, a new Sarsav Group Water Supply Scheme is being developed in Panchmahal district through a bulk pipeline sourced from the Narmada main canal at an estimated cost of ₹31.62 crore, Water Supply Minister Kunwarji Bavaliya stated while responding to a question in the Assembly. Providing further details, the Minister said that the Sarsav Group Scheme will supply drinking water to approximately 82,300 residen...Read More

Gandhinagar: A total of 5,921.24 km of canals are yet to be constructed under the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel informed the state assembly on Friday while responding to a question during the Question Hour of the Budget session. He noted that the 458.32 km-long main canal has been completed, along with key infrastructure such as the Garudeshwar Weir, a high-level bridge at Gora village, pumping stations, small hydropower plants on branch canals, and a so...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today announced that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has allocated a total of 30,504 million cubic feet (MCFT) of Narmada water to provide supplementary irrigation and drinking water facilities to farmers in the North Gujarat and Saurashtra regions for Rabi season crop cultivation. This decision will benefit approximately 60,000 acres of cultivable land. Narmada water is allocated at various stages of the year for both irrigation and drinking purposes in Nor...Read More

Morbi: Water from the Narmada canal has successfully reached Morbi's Ghatila after Morbi MLA Kantilal Amrutiya intervened due to complaints of blockage. MLA Amrutiya visited the canal on Thursday to investigate why the water was not progressing further. His visit prompted irrigation officials to remove the syphons blocking the water flow.Following the MLA's intervention, a team of approximately 60 officials from the irrigation department rushed to the site. Additionally, SRP jawans were deploy...Read More

Narmada: The Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) has initiated the release of nearly 20,000 cusecs of water into the main canal of the Narmada dam due to the increased demand for water during the summer season. On Wednesday, SSNNL discharged 21,000 cusecs of water, contrary to the average release of about 10,000 cusecs since the end of March. Currently, the water level in the Narmada dam stands at 120 meters, with an inflow of around 10,000 cusecs from upstream dams in Madhya Prad...Read More

Gandhinagar: In response to a question asked by a member at the Assembly House, Minister Shri Rishikesh Patel said that as a result of Narmada Yojana started in Gujarat with the inspiration of Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi, Narmada has reached even inaccessible areas like Kutch. Minister Patel added that under the Narmada scheme, a total length of 69,497.41 km of canals is planned to be constructed in the state. Out of which 63,773 km long canal construction work has been completed. I...Read More

Gandhinagar: The extra dosed cable stayed bridge across the Narmada Main Canal on the Narendra Modi Stadium to Gandhinagar section of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II is nearing completion, the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd annonced today.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by DeshGujarat (@deshgujaratinsta) The GMRC stated that the cable stayed bridge has a central span of 14...Read More

Ahmedabad: In the near future, travelers from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar will witness an innovative sight of solar panels positioned on both banks of the Narmada canal. This collection of 15 solar panels, expected to be manufactured in Gujarat, is anticipated to generate 3 MW of electricity. The state government has given in-principle approval to this project, which will be executed collaboratively by Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSECL...Read More