Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today said the Chief Minister has given in-principle approval for construction of 24 hydraulic storage structure units over four major rivers of tribal populated district Dang at an estimated cost of Rs. 26 crore. Proposed structures will come up over rivers Purna, Gira, Khapri and Ambika and their branches in 24 villages of Ahwa, Subir and Vaghai talukas. Due to hilly geography, Dang is not suitable for big water storage projects. Therefore small water ...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat has been ranked the best for parameters on efficiency targets in the review of state and Central government water departments by the ministry of Jal Shakti, reports Hindustan Times. In the previous year’s ranking, Telangana had got the top slot and this year’s topper, Gujarat, was ranked seventh last time. Rajasthan has emerged the third best and Delhi is among the worst performing states, according to the ranking for 2019 circulated to different state governments rece...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani today granted permission to build ‘Bandhara’ (small dam) on Mul Path Rekha at Mityala village of Jafrabad tehsil in Amreli district. This Bandhara will supply 93.50 MCFT irrigation waters to four villages – Mityala, Lunashapur, Vandh and Kagvadar – of Amreli. It should be noted that the Chief Minister has sanctioned this Bandhara, to be built at a cost of Rs. 8-Crore, giving an emotional response to the urge made by the people of these...Read More

Gandhinagar (press release): Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today called on the farmers of Gujarat to take full advantage of occurrence of ample rainfalls in the last monsoon in the state to produce maximum farm produces and provide a new direction to the nation. In this reference, the Chief Minister thanked the god for making adequate rainfall in Gujarat to resolve its water crisis. He was speaking at a function organized to dedicate to the people a sewage water purification plant ...Read More

Ahmedabad: As part of the Gujarat Government’s new scheme, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will launch sewage treated water recycling scheme to irrigate Sabarmati River downstream Vasna barrage areas in the Fatewadi canal command areas in Daskroi, Sanand, Bavla and Dholka talukas in Ahmedabad. This has been necessitated due to reduced intake from the Narmada waters into the Vasna reservoir for the last two years. This scheme will cost Rs1.00-crore and irrigate 12,000 hectares of land to pro...Read More

Bharuch: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today performed bhoomi pujan for Rs. 881 crore 100 MLD capacity desalination plant for industrial purpose at Dahej in Bharuch district of Central Gujarat. Proposed plant will come up over 25 hectare land. Speaking on this occasion, Rupani said the State will have 8 desalination plants to convert seat water into pure water for drinking, agriculture and industrial purposes. Dahej industrial township is currently having a 454 mld water supply scheme...Read More

Bharuch: Works for setting up a 100 MLD desalination plant for industrial use at Dahej in Bharuch district of Central Gujarat will kick off tomorrow with ground breaking to be performed by Stat Chief Minister. Rs. 881 crore plant will come up over 25 hectare area. Due to huge turbidity, TDS and chloride present in Dahej sea, proposed plant will have provision of additional stage of reverse osmosis(BWRO). A provision has also been made for a 20 acre settling pond where water will be store...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of India has given approval to dig 2512 irrigation wellsat a cost of Rs. 97.48 crore under Pradhanmantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana in Dang district of South Gujarat. The State government had moved a proposal in this regard to the Centre, according to which the estimated cost of entire project was Rs. 163.29 crore in 60:40 Centre:State ratio. Accordingly the Centre has allocated Rs. 97.48 crore to Gujarat. As per the project details, as many as 2512 wells are to be...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani today sanctioned a Rs. 249.61-Crore worth ‘Lift Irrigation Scheme’ based on Panam Dam in Panchmahal district to supply irrigation waters to deprive eastern-belt areas. The scheme would benefit irrigation waters to the villages of Sehra, Godhara, Kalol, and Ghoghmba tehsils of the district. The scheme would provide irrigation waters to as many as 85 tribal dominated villages of Panchmahal district. Under the scheme the irrigation water w...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat will have 82 new automatic weather stations and 76 new automatic water level recorders. The Government of Gujarat today in a statement said it has given nod to Rs. 26.25 crore purchases to set up real time information system in the State for effective and strong water resource management. Apart from 82 new automatic weather stations for real time information of surface water, the government will also upgrade 50 existing automatic stations. For real-time and self-...Read More