With monsoon rains rising with every passing day, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday determined to right away launch water from dams or reservoirs for irrigation functions to save lots of standing crops within the state, an official launch mentioned. The CM has ordered the discharge of water in dams or reservoirs, reserving water reserves for ingesting objective, for a interval as much as September, the discharge mentioned.
The CM has taken a “sensitive” choice within the curiosity of farmers to save lots of their standing crops as a result of dry interval in monsoon, the discharge mentioned.
It mentioned that whereas storing the inventory of ingesting water within the dams/reservoirs for the interval until thirtieth September, the CM directed the Water Resources Department to launch the remaining water with instant impact to save lots of the standing crop of the farmers. Huh.
According to the discharge, 5 lakh hectares of land of the state authorities can be benefited by this choice.
It mentioned that out of 141 dams in Saurashtra, 88 dams would offer water for irrigation to 60,000 hectares. Water can be supplied from Dharoi Dam masking 15,000 hectares of land in North Gujarat.
6,000 cusecs of water can be supplied from Kadana reservoir to the command space of ​​Mahi river in central Gujarat. Along with this, water can be made obtainable for irrigation of two.10 lakh hectares of land from 11 reservoirs together with Panam. In south Gujarat, 1.10 lakh hectares of land will get water for irrigation from six reservoirs within the area. Due to the drought that sweeps the state in the course of the peak monsoon season, many farmers are nervous that even the dams and groundwater sources haven’t been replenished to irrigate their crops.
The storage capability of dams in Gujarat can also be lower than final yr’s corresponding determine. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel had additionally expressed concern earlier this month over the poor monsoon season and the low water stage within the Sardar Sarovar or Narmada Dam, which is the principle supply of water for Gujarat.
In July, the CM had determined to present extra energy to the farmers for 2 hours, whereas offering them 10 hours of electrical energy as an alternative of eight hours.
Meanwhile, the climate watch group of the state authorities organized a webinar on Tuesday. It was organized below the management of Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Kamal Dayani and Relief Commissioner Ardra Agarwal. Giving particulars of the webinar, an official launch mentioned that until August 10 this yr, Gujarat has acquired 305 mm of rain, which is 36.31 per cent of the common of the final 30 years (840 mm). The launch quoting an IMD official mentioned that there’s a chance of sunshine to average rain in South Gujarat within the coming days. It additionally mentioned that Gujarat’s dams presently maintain 48.26 per cent of its whole water storage capability.
Officials from varied departments and organizations of the state participated within the webinar.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
