Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has ordered the premature retirement of a Class-1 officer of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) in Gandhinagar. According to an order from the Narmada Jalsampati Pani Puravtha and Kalpsar department today, Superintendent Engineer JJ Pandya has been prematurely retired by the state government in the public interest, with immediate effect this afternoon. The ongoing departmental inquiry against JJ Pandya will continue after his premature retireme...Read More

Gandhinagar: Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) has today issued a statement in regard to the ongoing controversy on the recent flood situation in Bharuch. Following is the translation of the Gujarati statement released by SSNNL: Narmada basin is an example of coordinated management of various reservoirs. Sardar Sarovar is the last terminal dam on Narmada river, and therefore it has to face the tail-end syndrome because whenever there's release of water from upstream main dams such as O...Read More

Gandhinagar: Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) has rubbished foreign funded left leaning NGO operator Medha Patkar’s allegation about seepage and safety of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam, and has demanded an apology for making baseless allegations. RM Patel, chief engineer SSNNL (Dam) in a statement said: “Medha Patkar’s recent statement on seepage through Sardar Sarovar Dam has no significance and is a futile attempt to mislead.” Patel added, “Seepage through concrete is a u...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government arm Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) has invited proposals from developers and operators for setting up and operate four star and three-star hotels at Statue, Kevadia on DBFOT (Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer) basis. Around 2 to 3 acre area is allotted for 4-star hotels and 1 to 2 acre for 3-star hotels. The pre-bidding stage will pass through pre-qualification and shortlisting process. Pre-application conference is scheduled on 8th...Read More

Surendranagar: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat police today nabbed a class-1 executive engineer of Sardar Sarovar Narmda Nigam Ltd and his junior clerk for taking bribe of Rs 2000 from a retired employee of his office. Assistant Director of ACB D P Chudasama said that executive engineer of Saurashtra branch canal in Dhranghadra division Mahesh D Patel had sought bribe from a retired head clerk of his own office for formalities regarding pension as per seventh pay commission ...Read More

Surat: Adajan based Kiran Bhimani's family has become fifth lakh family to visit Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam. As soon as Kiranbhai, his wife and two children bought ticket to enter this popular site, they were welcomed with applause. Thy were felicitated in public and declared as guest of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd(SSNNL). They were given free pass, meal, lodging, boarding and guide facilities by SSNNL. They were presented flowers and memento. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Union and Gujarat governments, Narmada Control Authority and others on a plea which claimed that owing to scanty release of water towards downstream from Sardar Sarovar Dam on the river in Central Gujarat the drying river bed was causing damage to the environment and other problems. The Delhi based main bench of the tribunal has sought the reply of notices by July 30. Hearing the plea by Narmada Pradusha...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today in a statement asked farmers to stay away from Narmada water oriented sowing in upcoming summer. The government in a statement said, dams in Narmada basin areas are having less than 45% storage at present. The farmers will be supplied irrigation water only upto 15 March 2018. They are asked to stay away from sowing in summer if they are banking on Narmada water supply for irrigation.If at all they want to do sowing in summer, they will need to manage irr...Read More