The Gujarat Government will organise a slew of events to celebrate the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s permission to ‘close the radial gates’ at the Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada.
With the installation of the gates, the storage capacity of Narmada Dam will become three times more than existing capacity. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said the closure of gates on Narmada Dam will open the doors of bright future of the State and launched the website for the proposed Narmada Mahotsav as well as Narmada Rath Yatra.
The website contains details about the celebrations as well as the story of the Sardar Sarovar Dam and related Sujalam Sufalam and SAUNI projects, progress of the dam’s construction to take its height to the decisive height and keep ready canal network under the leadership of the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the projects’ contribution to the development of the state through ‘Sabka Saath; Sabka Vikas’, the river’s journey from its origin to its estuary in the Arabian Sea etc.
The celebrations will be held in over 10,000 villages in 24 districts, divided into four zones, to benefit about 4-crore people in the state. It is to create awareness and to involve people’s participation in judicious use of precious water resource. A number of competitions have been arranged on poetry, essay, slogan writing and producing one-minute film on benefits of the Narmada project.
Interested volunteers and organizations willing to join the Yatra, donate blood and participate in the competitions should register online up to July 25, 2017.