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: 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

Jamnagar: Ruparel dam in Jamnagar taluka witnessed overflow after Narmada water was supplied to it through the SAUNI Yojana link. Farmers from about a dozen villages will benefit from this water for irrigation purposes. The Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana aims to connect 155 reservoirs in the Saurashtra region across 11 districts to Narmada water. Minister Raghavji Patel, the local district panchayat, and village office bearers were present to welcome the Narmada waters on t...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has decided to provide Narmada water for drinking and irrigation in North Gujarat and Saurashtra areas by March 15, 2024. This water will be allocated to the North Gujarat region under the 'Sujlam Suflam Yojana' and to the Saurashtra region through the 'Sauni Yojana.' A total of 4,565 MCFT (million cubic feet) of water will be allocated for drinking purposes, and an additional 26,136 MCFT will be allocated for irrigation, making a combined total of 30,801 M...Read More

Rajkot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating various projects worth Rs 2033 crore tomorrow, July 27th, in Rajkot of Saurashtra. These various development projects include Rajkot International Airport built in Hirasar, Packages 8 and 9 of Link-3 of the SAUNI Yojana, and Saurashtra's first multilevel overbridge in Rajkot. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land at Rajkot International Airport in the afternoon. Here he will inaugurate the Rajkot International Airport, built at a cost o...Read More

ગાંધીનગરઃ રાજ્યના જળ સંપત્તિ રાજ્ય મંત્રી મુકેશભાઈ પટેલે જણાવ્યું છે કે, તત્કાલીન મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી અને હાલના વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીએ નર્મદાના ત્રણ મિલિયન એકર ફીટ વહી જતા પાણીનો ...Read More

Jamnagar: The waterbodies of Saurashtra will be filled with Narmada water under Sauni Yojna, said state agriculture minister Raghavji Patel in Jamnagar. He said that it will benefit many farmers during the Rabi season. The Minister said, "The order is given to pour the Narmada Water in the waterbodies of Saurashtra. As a result, the water will be supplied to all the waterbodies with the link of Sauni Yojna. The order was made yesterday and the execution will be started in the upcoming one or ...Read More

ગાંધીનગરઃ કૃષિ મંત્રીશ્રી રાઘવજી પટેલે જણાવ્યું છે કે,ખેડૂતોના હિતને વરેલી રાજય સરકારે ખેડૂતોને સિંચાઈની સુવિધા ઉપલબ્ધ બનાવવા સતત પ્રયત્નશીલ છે.જેના ભાગરૂપે સૌરાષ્ટ્રના ખેડૂતોના હિતમા�...Read More

Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah shared a video clip today depicting the journey of Gujarat from a Drought struck state to now such state where 100% of the households have access to tap water today. Amit Shah wrote in the tweet, "21 years ago every house in Gujarat was craving for drop by drop of water, today it is getting tap water. Every Gujarati and especially the young generation of Gujarat must watch this video showing the foresight and hard work of Modi ji to remove the water ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the second and third phases of SAUNI yojana covering link 1, package 5, and link 3 package 7 from Jamnagar on 10th October during his Gujarat visit. Second phase The link 1 package 5 of the second phase of Sauni Yojna will be dedicated. The 66-km pipeline is laid at a cost of Rs 314.69 crore. The water will be supplied to 10 water bodies including 5 of Jamnagar and 5 of Devbhumi Dwarka through 7 pumps at pumping station near Pipartod...Read More