PM to inaugurate 1st phase of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for irrigation project today

August 30, 2016 08:57

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will inaugurate the first phase of SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation) project in which nearly 10 dams and reservoirs of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Morbi would be filled up with the water of Narmada river.

The Rs. 12,000 crore project is considered to be an ambitious one for PM Modi, who had announced the project in 2012 when he was the chief minister of Gujarat, to fill up nearly 115 dams of Saurashtra region which faces shortage of water for irrigation and drinking.

"Nearly ten dams of three districts would be filled up with water from Narmada under the project, which would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Aji-3 dam site," Rajkot district Collector Vikrant Pandey said.

"After inaugurating the project, the Prime Minister would address the public gathering at Sanosara town," he said.

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