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The Rs 6,000-cr project was initiated to solve North Gujarat8217;s water shortage...

• December 14, 2007 12:00 AM IST
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The Rs 6,000-cr project was initiated to solve North Gujarat8217;s water shortage by utilising the Narmada waters. It had three components: pumping 8216;excess8217; water from the Narmada canal into nine North Gujarat dams by laying a dozen-odd pipelines, each about a 100-km long; building an unlined canal from Kadana dam to Banas river across connecting 21 rivers in North Gujarat; and building two lakh farm-ponds.

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