03-07-2008, 02:11 AM
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Pioneer.com
Lokpal Sethi | Jaipur
After waiting for years, Rajasthan is all set to get the Narmada water from Gujarat within the next two months.
The Gujarat Government, early this week, released about 50 cusec water from Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada canal, which was completed recently.
The water, which was released to check the course of 458 km long canal, would reach Silu village in Jalore district by March15.
After checking the flow in the river, about 500 cusec of water would be released in the canal by May-June month, according to official sources.
<b>The water would not only solve the drinking water problem in districts of Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Jaisalmer but would also provide irrigation facilities in these areas, which has perennial water shortage.</b>
According to original schedule Rajasthan was to get water from Narmada river about two years back, but delay in construction of the canal, for which Rajasthan Government had paid the full amount to Gujarat, resulted in postponing the schedule more than once. In fact, completion of Narmada canal was over before the Gujarat Assembly election, but Narendra Modi Government had postponed as it would have become a major election issue there.
The Rajasthan Government had already prepared a Rs 3,000-crore plan to provide drinking water to about 1,000 villages apart from irrigation facilities in 40,000 hectare of land in Jalore and Barmer districts.
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This is great, i hope this will bring prosperity.
Pioneer.com
Lokpal Sethi | Jaipur
After waiting for years, Rajasthan is all set to get the Narmada water from Gujarat within the next two months.
The Gujarat Government, early this week, released about 50 cusec water from Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada canal, which was completed recently.
The water, which was released to check the course of 458 km long canal, would reach Silu village in Jalore district by March15.
After checking the flow in the river, about 500 cusec of water would be released in the canal by May-June month, according to official sources.
<b>The water would not only solve the drinking water problem in districts of Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Jaisalmer but would also provide irrigation facilities in these areas, which has perennial water shortage.</b>
According to original schedule Rajasthan was to get water from Narmada river about two years back, but delay in construction of the canal, for which Rajasthan Government had paid the full amount to Gujarat, resulted in postponing the schedule more than once. In fact, completion of Narmada canal was over before the Gujarat Assembly election, but Narendra Modi Government had postponed as it would have become a major election issue there.
The Rajasthan Government had already prepared a Rs 3,000-crore plan to provide drinking water to about 1,000 villages apart from irrigation facilities in 40,000 hectare of land in Jalore and Barmer districts.
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This is great, i hope this will bring prosperity.