Gandhinagar (Information): Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today approved Rs. 117.13 crore lift irrigation schemes for upstream Vatrak reservoir in Aravalli district. This entails filling up total 60 ponds in predominantly tribal Meghraj, Malpur and also Modasa to irrigate 4,695 acre for 12 months. He said this is part of whopping Rs. 6,642-crore spent on 1,644 small, medium and big schemes to irrigate 5.43 lakh acre during the last four years from 2016 to 2022 in the higher hilly terrains of 54...Read More

Ahmedabad, 14 August 2012 At 7.00 am on Tuesday, five reservoirs of mainland Gujarat are completely full of water thanks to good rain in Gujarat and in neighboring states. Among them Narmada dam has water level of 125.25 meter at present against highest level of 121.92 meter. State flood control cell has issued warning for Tapi district's Ukai dam, Dahod district's Kadana dam, Panchmahal's Panam dam, Valsad's Damanganga dam and Sabarkantha district's Vatrak dam. Sta...Read More

Ahmedabad, 11 July 2012 There has been heavy rainfall in north Gujarat's Sabarkantha and Banaskantha district. River Harnav and Vatrak are flooding. Both districts have received more than 16% of total average Monsoon rain in just 24 hours, and have crossed 20% mark so far. Just before yesterday both districts had only around 5% rainfall. North Gujarat's Idar town is now one of the few places in Gujarat that has witnessed surplus rain. In last 24 hours, north Gujarat'...Read More