Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday performed ground breaking ceremony of Rs 700-crore Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojna link-4 near Visavadar in the Junagadh district to fill up nine dams with the Narmada waters.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that SAUNI project to fill up 115 dams with Narmada waters would serve as a boon to the Saurashtra region, enabling farmers to take three crops a year, thanks to the ‘politics of development’.
The CM said the work could start on raising the SSP dam’s height within 17 days of the Prime Minister coming to power, withheld owning to the previous government at the Centre sitting over it for preceding seven years.
Rupani listed the welfare schemes launched by his government for the have-nots during the last one year, including buying crops at minimum support price, carrying out resurvey of crops damaged to ensure farmers get compensation under crop insurance and 75 per cent subsidy for drip irrigation.