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

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

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

Bharuch: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate the country’s first industrial purpose water desalination plant today at Dahej. Then chief minister, Vijay Rupani, had laid the foundation stone for the 100 MLD facility 30 months ago. The current facilities that provide uninterrupted water supply to the industrial settlements of Dahej have a capacity of 454 MLD. However, the full development of the PCPIR settlements is likely to increase the need for water in Dahej to 1,000 MLD. The de...Read More

Diu: Union Home & Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah, chaired the 25th meeting of the Western Zonal Council at Diu today. Chief Ministers of Goa, Gujarat and Administrator of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Senior Ministers from Gujarat and Maharashtra, Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretaries from the member States in the Western Zone, Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat and other senior officers from the States and Central Ministries and Departments participated in the...Read More

Vadodara: The Sindhrot water supply project meant to bring an end to the water woes of the south zone of Vadodara city has finally been completed, and the Prime Minister is likely to dedicate it to the people during his impending visit to the city on June 18. The project was started in 2016 and took 6 years to be completed. The Ajwa reservoir and Mahisagar river are the main sources of water for Vadodara city. But the south zone of the city used to be the last one to receive water from the...Read More

Kutch: The water of a pond located near Koreti village of Suigam taluka has turned pink coloured, fanning curiosity and fuelling conjecture. Villagers are calling it a miracle of Lord Mahadev, whose temple is located in the vicinity of the pond. The water in the pond is muddy and hard and the dissolved salts could be a reason for the change in colour, according to village leaders. Vav-Suigam taluka is located on the edge of the small Rann of Kutch and the colour of water in several puddles...Read More

Rajkot: A dam will  come up on the Beti river in Rajkot after the Airport Authority has given its ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) for the project. MLA Govindbhai Patel had conducted a survey to evaluate potential sites nearby Rajkot and identified the river near Beti village as being suitable for the construction of a dam. A detailed proposal had been prepared and sent to the state government. Yesterday, the project has overcome the final hurdle with the Airport Authority giving its cle...Read More

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