narmada dam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived at Ahmedabad Airport for his two day visit to state addressed the huge gathering of BJP workers. Modi in his brief address said that the recent completion of the narmada dam work will take Gujarat development to greater heights in the upcoming decade.

Gujarat Congress has accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “misleading” the people and taking “undue credit for the narmada dam project.”

After a wait of eight long years, the Gujarat government has got the final clearance to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam from 121.92 metres to 138.68 metres.

Gujarat is facing its highest paradox in recent years. The narmada dam started overflowing at a height of 129m on Wednesday, just one day after more than half of Gujarat was declared scarcity-hit.

Overflowing of narmada dam in Gujarat has not only raised hopes of its people reeling under deficient monsoon conditions but also become a fantastic visual treat for visitors.

The state government has decided to create a task force to protect the Narmada canal and dam. The force will guard the 657 km strech from narmada dam to the Kutch canal.

The state government informed the house that in the year 2016, 52,181 million cubic metres (MCM ) of water was stored in the narmada dam, while in the year 2017 63,172 MCM of water was stored.

A large number of fishes have reportedly died in the Sardar Sarovar Dam over last couple of days. Locals said that dead fishes were seen floating on the water surface and the stink is also unbearable.

The approval came two days after the Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel met Modi and water resources minister Uma Bharti and reiterated the state's demand.

The Centre, SC and Narmada Control Authority have given their approval to fill narmada dam in a phased manner. Narmada Control Authority has prepared a schedule for raising water levels in the dam and it would be monitored every 10 days.

An entire length of a bridge running across the narmada dam in Kevadia colony has been completed as per Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam limited authorities. The bridge is 690-meter long and is constructed 146.5 meter high.

In its 2003-2010 tourism policy, Gujarat government had promised that it will develop water sports facilities at narmada dam canal reservoir (situated between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar) to make the place a tourist attraction .

Union minister of state (MoS) for agriculture & farmer’s welfare, and Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, Parshottam Rupala, claimed on Wednesday the narmada dam gates will be closed late this year, and it will help the state to double its farm produce.

GANDHINAGAR: Chief Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned another Rs 5 crore to Maharashtra for the rehabilitation of narmada dam oustees in that state.

After witnessing numerous hurdles for last two decades, the construction of narmada dam, considered to be the lifeline for the state, completed on Sunday.

GANDHINAGAR: A row over definition of ‘‘oustees’’ of the narmada dam project seems to have developed between Maharashtra and Gujarat governments.

There has been an increase in seismic activity in the area around the Sardar Sarovar narmada dam project in Kevadia in Narmada district.

Govt has decided to review the decision taken by the Narmada Control Authority to raise the height of the narmada dam.

GANDHINAGAR: The Election Commission of India has cleared the Narmada Control Authority's request to allow the Gujarat government to raise the height of the narmada dam from 100 metres to 110.56 metres.

An alert has been sounded in the low-lying areas of Gujarat following the release of water from the narmada dam.

Gujarat government seems to have ignored its earlier plans for Narmada tourism.Instead it has just proposed `Narmada Parikrama', mainly focused on covering the pilgrimage sites along the river.

After Prime Minister Narendrs Modi's recent visit to Madhya Pradesh to take part in Narmada conservation project launched by the Madhya Pradesh government, the Gujarat government on Friday got permission to close Sardar Sarovar narmada dam gates to store more water.

Congress on Saturday declared its complete support to the Narendra Modi government on the multi-crore project.

The narmada dam began to overflow by nearly 1.5 metres due to heavy inflow of water from the catchment areas of Madhya Pradesh.