On Aug 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation an irrigation project that he launched as CM of Gujarat 4 years ago. This is an ambitious plan to fill 115 reservoirs in water-scarce Saurashtra with waters of overflowing Narmada in South Gujarat. It involves laying a 1,125-km network of pipelines at a cost of Rs 12,166 crore to carry Narmada water to these dams, and irrigate 4.13 lakh hectares land. Read details of this project in an enlightening article by Gopal Kateshiya in Indian Express.
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