Articles tagged under: Summer 2022

Complaint filed over huge water theft from Narmada pipeline in Muli taluka

July 08, 2022
Complaint filed over huge water theft from Narmada pipeline in Muli taluka

Surendranagar: The accused of water theft from Narmada pipeline in Muli taluka allegedly gave death threats to the team who came to check at his farm regarding the water theft. A complaint has been filed over this with local police. Gujarat Water Infrastructure limited manages the work of supplying drinking water based on the Narmada canal. The water is supplied to 1219 villages and 21 cities in Saurashtra from Dhanki in Lakhtar through the pipeline. The agency looking after the pipeline had ...Read More

વરસાદી પાણીને જમીનમાં ઉતારી ભૂગર્ભ જળ ભંડાર સમૃધ્ધ બનાવવાનું કાર્ય કરતા ટીંબાચુડીના ગ્રામજનો

July 03, 2022
વરસાદી પાણીને જમીનમાં ઉતારી ભૂગર્ભ જળ ભંડાર સમૃધ્ધ બનાવવાનું કાર્ય કરતા ટીંબાચુડીના ગ્રામજનો

પાલનપુર: ખેતી અને પશુપાલન પર આધારીત બનાસકાંઠા જિલ્લામાં ભૂગર્ભ જળ દિવસે દિવસે ઉંડા જઇ રહ્યા છે. ભૂગર્ભ જળ ભંડારોને સમૃધ્ધ બનાવવા માટે રાજ્ય સરકાર દ્વારા દર વર્ષે સુજલામ- સુફલામ જળ સંચય અભિય�...Read More

A farmer triggers farm-pond revaluation in water scarce region of Banaskantha

July 02, 2022
A farmer triggers farm-pond revaluation in water scarce region of Banaskantha

Palanpur: A farmer, who post-graduated in international trade, has formed 100 farm ponds in the water scarce regions of Disa and surrounding area by convincing the farmers. Pravin Gordhanji Mali, studied postgraduate in international trade from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He visited the Disa and surrounding villages to inform and convince the farmers to make farm ponds (Khet talavdi). Total 100 farmers from various villages made farm ponds in 15 hectares last year. It enabled irrigation f...Read More

State govt to release 360 MCFT Narmada water in Aji, Nyari dams in Rajkot

July 01, 2022
State govt to release 360 MCFT Narmada water in Aji, Nyari dams  in Rajkot

Rajkot: The state government has on the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s request agreed to discharge 360 MCFT of Narmada water into the Aji & Nyari dam, which supplies water to the whole of Rajkot city. The discharging of the said quantity of water will begin next week onwards as the current quantity of water at the Aji-Nyari dam is enough to suffice the needs of Rajkot city for just one week. The Aji dam will receive 170 MCFT Narmada water while the Nyari dam will receive 190 MCFT. The...Read More

45 tankers supplying water to 73 villages across 6 districts

June 25, 2022
45 tankers supplying water to 73 villages across 6 districts

Gandhinagar: The water was supplied by 45 tankers in 73 villages of 6 districts of the state on Friday. The water was supplied in 106 rounds to 35 villages of Amirgadh, Data and Palanpur in Banaskantha on Friday. The water was supplied through 83 rounds by tankers to 25 villages of Talala, Veraval and Sutrapada in Gir Somnath district. The drinking water was sent to 7 villages of Kadana in Mahisagar through 25 rounds. Similarly, the water was sent to 3 villages of Vakaner and Halvad in ...Read More

Gujarat CM assures water supply to Karmavad pond at Vadgam

June 24, 2022

Palanpur: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at Memadpur in Vadgam taluka, assured the protesting local rural women and farmers that the water from Narmada would be poured into the Karmavad pond of Jalotara village in Vadgam taluka. The demands for extending this pipeline have been going on for the past 30 years, and it took the form of an agitation recently ahead of the State assembly election. Addressing the issue, the CM promised to extend the existing Narmada pipeline from Kasara to ...Read More

CM Bhupendra Patel approves Rs. 1566 crore water supply project for Vadgam and Palanpur talukas

June 21, 2022
CM Bhupendra Patel approves Rs. 1566 crore water supply project for Vadgam and Palanpur talukas

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved Rs 1566 crore for Kasra-Dantiwada pipeline and Rs 192 crore for Dindrol-Mukteshwar pipeline under Sujlam-Suflam. CM Patel has approved the developments of Rs 1566.25 crore for Kasra-Dantiwada lifting pipeline and around Rs 192 crore for Dindrol-Mukteshwar lifting pipeline. The decision is made considering the demand from locals of Palanpur and Vadgam taluka. The 78-km long Kasra-Dantiwada lifting pipeline will have a carrying capacity...Read More

New academic year resumes in schools affiliated to Gujarat board

June 13, 2022
New academic year resumes in schools affiliated to Gujarat board

Gandhinagar: The 35-day summer vacation in schools affiliated with the state education board ended on Sunday and the new academic year has started from today. The Summer vacation this time was delayed by one week owing to the Corona pandemic, which has led to delay in the start of the new academic year also by a week. There are almost over 43,000 government, granted and private primary schools and over 11,400 government, granted and private high schools that are affiliated with the st...Read More

CM Bhupendra Patel brings solution to irrigation water demand in Kheralu – Satlasna

June 08, 2022
CM Bhupendra Patel brings solution to irrigation water demand in Kheralu – Satlasna

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel assured to supply 200 cusecs water to Kheralu and Satlasna talukas in Mehsana during the four months of monsoon season. The farmers of Kheralu and Satlasna have started a movement for last 2 and a half months for the problem of irrigation water. The movement included ratri-sabha in the villages. The farmers went to Gandhinagar on Monday. They had a meeting with CM Patel and minister of water supply of the state and appealed for resolving the issue ...Read More

Forecast for rains in parts of Gujarat during the next five days

June 07, 2022
Forecast for rains in parts of Gujarat during the next five days

Gandhinagar: Central government's weather department IMD has released a forecast for light to moderate rain/thundershowers in parts of Gujarat during the next five days, from 8th to 12th June. Following are the details of the same: Valid from time of origin to 0830 Hrs. IST of 08/06/2022: Light to moderate rain/ thundershowers very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Banaskantha and Ahmedabad; in the districts of Saurashtra Kutch namely Surendranagar...Read More