NEW DELHI: With the water degree of the Narmada dam dipping to a report degree, Gujarat is already facing a serious water crisis, just three months into 2018.
Responding to a query via Congress MLA Lakha Bharwad of Viramgram, the state executive informed the home that within the yr 2016, 52,181 million cubic metres (MCM ) of water was saved within the Narmada dam, while within the yr 2017 63,172 MCM of water was saved.
However, in January 2018, water storage within the dam stood at three,916 MCM, virtually one-third of its general keeping capacity of nine,460 MCM, a fall of 763 MCM since December remaining.
The Congress MLA had sought information on the water ranges for every month of the remaining two years.
Deputy Gujarat CM Nitin Patel, who is minister of the Narmada scheme, responded the Cong MLA's query via citing figures equipped via the dept. He was unable to reply to why despite having the next inventory of water in comparison with 2016, how the water degree had dipped all at once.
Interestingly, after getting permission from the Centre to near the dam gates, the capacity of the dam had higher via nine metres.
Earlier this yr, on January 22, the state executive introduced that water within the Narmada dam reached its lowest degree within the remaining 13 years. The executive prompt farmers to rethink their summer season crop if they have been depending on water from the Narmada. SRP jawans have been additionally deployed in various parts of the state to prevent farmers from taking water illegally from Narmada’s canals.
Gujarat is heavily depending on water from the Narmada dam. Most cities and districts within the state get their ingesting water from the river.
Seeking to soothe issues, the government made it clear there is sufficient inventory to provide ingesting water.
Further, to care for the low water degree, the government said it had started to pump useless water inventory after getting the Centre's nod for a similar. This is the first time the government is pumping useless water inventory from the Narmada dam.
The opposition, meanwhile, is up in hands and blaming mismanagement via the government for the present water crisis. According to the opposition’s claims, the government wasted Narmada water all through election time within the SAUNI yojana and the Sabarmati riverfront.
Responding to a query via Congress MLA Lakha Bharwad of Viramgram, the state executive informed the home that within the yr 2016, 52,181 million cubic metres (MCM ) of water was saved within the Narmada dam, while within the yr 2017 63,172 MCM of water was saved.
However, in January 2018, water storage within the dam stood at three,916 MCM, virtually one-third of its general keeping capacity of nine,460 MCM, a fall of 763 MCM since December remaining.
The Congress MLA had sought information on the water ranges for every month of the remaining two years.
Deputy Gujarat CM Nitin Patel, who is minister of the Narmada scheme, responded the Cong MLA's query via citing figures equipped via the dept. He was unable to reply to why despite having the next inventory of water in comparison with 2016, how the water degree had dipped all at once.
Interestingly, after getting permission from the Centre to near the dam gates, the capacity of the dam had higher via nine metres.
Earlier this yr, on January 22, the state executive introduced that water within the Narmada dam reached its lowest degree within the remaining 13 years. The executive prompt farmers to rethink their summer season crop if they have been depending on water from the Narmada. SRP jawans have been additionally deployed in various parts of the state to prevent farmers from taking water illegally from Narmada’s canals.
Gujarat is heavily depending on water from the Narmada dam. Most cities and districts within the state get their ingesting water from the river.
Seeking to soothe issues, the government made it clear there is sufficient inventory to provide ingesting water.
Further, to care for the low water degree, the government said it had started to pump useless water inventory after getting the Centre's nod for a similar. This is the first time the government is pumping useless water inventory from the Narmada dam.
The opposition, meanwhile, is up in hands and blaming mismanagement via the government for the present water crisis. According to the opposition’s claims, the government wasted Narmada water all through election time within the SAUNI yojana and the Sabarmati riverfront.
Gujarat facing severe water crisis
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