Gandhinagar: Speaking at a function on Wednesday to lay the foundation stones of projects worth Rs 241 crore, Union home minister Amit Shah said that as chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi launched schemes to bring water to the parched regions of the state. He was addressing an event at Ambod village in Gandhinagar’s Mansa taluka.
Shah said that the schemes launched by PM Modi during his tenure as Gujarat CM have helped raise groundwater levels and improve the quality of drinking water in North Gujarat. Among the projects launched on Wednesday was an artificial lake at Mahakali Mata Temple at Ambod, a check dam and a barrage.
“After becoming Gujarat chief minister, Narendrabhai worked to quench the thirst of Gujarat. When I became MLA for the first time in 1997, all the MLAs of North Gujarat would seek permission for borewells, which was not granted because of the region being a dark zone where groundwater levels had dropped below 1,200 feet,” he said.
The Union home minister also said that Modi successfully dealt with the obstacles created by Congress in the completion of the Narmada dam project. “Modi struggled and overcame the hindrances created by Congress to complete the Narmada scheme. And after he became PM, the work to install gates on the Narmada dam was also completed, and today its water has reached every household,” he said.
Modi also worked to conserve rainwater that flowed out into the sea and channelled it to 9,000 lakes in Gujarat. He conceived the ‘Sauni Yojana’ to take water to every village of Saurashtra, Shah added.
Shah said that the schemes launched by PM Modi during his tenure as Gujarat CM have helped raise groundwater levels and improve the quality of drinking water in North Gujarat. Among the projects launched on Wednesday was an artificial lake at Mahakali Mata Temple at Ambod, a check dam and a barrage.
“After becoming Gujarat chief minister, Narendrabhai worked to quench the thirst of Gujarat. When I became MLA for the first time in 1997, all the MLAs of North Gujarat would seek permission for borewells, which was not granted because of the region being a dark zone where groundwater levels had dropped below 1,200 feet,” he said.
The Union home minister also said that Modi successfully dealt with the obstacles created by Congress in the completion of the Narmada dam project. “Modi struggled and overcame the hindrances created by Congress to complete the Narmada scheme. And after he became PM, the work to install gates on the Narmada dam was also completed, and today its water has reached every household,” he said.
Modi also worked to conserve rainwater that flowed out into the sea and channelled it to 9,000 lakes in Gujarat. He conceived the ‘Sauni Yojana’ to take water to every village of Saurashtra, Shah added.