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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will Friday lay the foundation stone of a 72-kilometre-long pipeline of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana for pumping Narmada water to four dams and 12 ponds of Vinchhiya and Jasdan talukas of Rajkot district and Chotila taluka of Surendranagar district, touted to be among the most challenging areas geographically.
The CM will fly to Vinchhiya village to lay the foundation stone of the feeder pipeline that will originate from Asalpar village near the Botad district border and tail at Adhiya minor irrigation scheme (MIS) on the border of Jasdan and Rajkot talukas. The pipeline, which will be of a diameter ranging from 1,400 millimetres (mm) to 300 mm, will connect Vinchhiya, Alansagar, Dharai and Adhiya MIS, in addition to 12 percolation tanks or minor dams.
“The pipeline of this project will be laid in one of the most challenging geographies of the Saurashtra region. It will pass through the highest points of the Saurashtra region and we will have to cut through hard rock at many stretches to dig a trench for pipeline while our pumping stations will have to battle gravity to pump Narmada water to the intended MISs and percolation tanks,” said Nitin Chaun, executive engineer of Rajkot irrigation (projects) circle.
Incidentally, major rivers like Bhadar and Goma originate from these hilly talukas where irrigation water is scarce and there are no major irrigation dams. Connecting the minor dams and ponds with the network of Narmada dam project through SAUNI Yojana is expected to augment irrigation facilities in 5,676 acres in these three talukas and drinking water availability to around 45,000 people living in 23 villages.
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