The Gujarat chief minister urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to grant approval for raising the height of Narmada Dam up to its full proposed level of 138.60 metre.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today urged the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to grant approval for raising the height of Narmada Dam upto its full proposed level of 138.60 metre.
"I urge the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to grant us approval for raising the height of Narmada Dam upto its maximum proposed level of 138.60 metre," Modi said, after laying foundation stone of Kutch Branch Canal (KBC) of Sardar Sarovar Project.
"I also ask him (Prime Minister) to send a team of CBI in Kutch to gather information on how people are happy as the work of KBC has begun here," Modi said taking a dig at Singh.
Modi's statement on CBI and prime minister comes a day after the Supreme Court transfered enquiry of Tulsi Prajapati encounter case to CBI.
Presently, the height of the dam is 132 metre and an increase in the height would help irrigate more land in the state, it would submerg large part of land in neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh resulting in displacement of several families.
The five projects costing around Rs1,265 crore, are projected to extend irrigational benefits to 2,78,561 acres of cultivable land spanning across 182 villages of seven talukas in Kutch district as part of the Sardar Sarovar Project.
"Kutchi people have been waiting for Narmada water since last 50 years, but now I don't want them to wait even for 5 years," Modi said, while addressing the gathering.
Modi also demanded that the Centre should extend 90 per cent of financial assistance under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) for creation of water supply network in drought prone areas of the state.
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