The age old dream of providing Narmada water to Malwa is going to convert in to reality as the work of Narmada Kshipra-Simhastha link Project is heading its way at fast pace towards gifting 5 Cumecs of Narmada water to Malwa.
The curiosity and excitement for this ongoing project are clearly visible on the faces of villagers of this region, as most of the time they gathered around the machines working there.
Villagers are very keen to interact with engineers and workers and wanted to extend their help and support.
The farmers Shyam Choudhary, Dhanna lal, Shashi Avasthi said that it was a surprise to them that field work for the project had
started from the very next day from the day of laying foundation stone.
They said that since Chief Minister Shivraj Singh has expressed his commitment to bring the Narmada water to Malwa it will be done definitely.
They expressed their total trust on Chief Minister.
It is worth mentioning that Narmada Valley Development Authority has accepted the challenge of completing Narmada Kshipra-Simhastha link Project within a period of 365 days.
The estimated cost of the project is `432 crore.
With a well thought construction strategy 50 per cent of total work has been completed till May 15, 2013. The construction of three pumping stations each of 9000 KV capacity is going on.
Till date 23 Km pipe line has been laid down out of total 45 Km to be laid.
Under the project 5 Cumecs of Narmada water would be lifted from Sislia irrigation tank and would be taken to the origin of Kshipra River 45 Km away from Sislia tank which is a part of Omkareshwar irrigation project.
The NSK link project is a pilot project of Narmada Malwa link plan which will provide drinking water to Ujjain and Dewas town besides providing industrial water to the industries of Dewas, Ujjain, Pithampur, Nagda and Sanver region and abundant water for Simhastha. The future Narmada Malwa link includes linking of Narmada to Gambhir, Kalisindh and Parvati rivers. These future projects would have provisions of irrigating large scale irrigation in Malwa region.