In response to the flooding, which was exacerbated by the release of water from the Narmada Dam, the Narmada district administration has taken precautionary measures.
The water level of the dam, located in Narmada district, stood at 132.98 metres this afternoon, according to Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) officials.
The Gujarat government on Wednesday said that it hopes to fill up the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam up to its permissible height of 131 metres in view of water release from Madhya Pradesh after good rains in the neighbouring state."The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has given us the permission to fill the Sardar Sarovar Dam up to 131 metres height. Looking at the good rains in MP and with more rainfall likely there, we are hopeful of filling the dam up to that level," Deputy Chief Minster Nitin Patel told reporters here.
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani clashed over extent of land being irrigated by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam waters, in the Assembly on Monday with the former accusing the Congress leader of misleading people by claiming that only 600,000 hectares had been cultivated by the dam waters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said no other project in the world has faced so many hurdles as this "engineering miracle" which many people had "conspired to stop".
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