“Implement ‘monsoon contingency plan’ in entire state without delay
“Take urgent preventive steps for
long-term supply of water,
fodder”
– Narendra Modi
Gandhinagar, Saturday: In the
wake of uncertain and inadequate
rainfall during the current
monsoon
season, Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi today
directed the administration
to implement
the monsoon contingency action
plan
for all the 26 districts on a war
footing without delay.
Addressing the high-powered state-level review meeting, he asked the entire administration to be compassionate to the
problems of the people and be committed to provide enough water for irrigation and drinking
purposes, fodder, essential
commodities and create rural employment opportunities.
Mr. Modi, who returned here late last night form official tour
of Japan, today asked the high-powered committee to review the situation due
to truant monsoon
looking to the urgency
and gravity of the problem
on daily
basis. The committee was constituted before he had left for Japan.
He also asked Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam and
Water Supply
and Water Resources
Department to complete early the works related to Narmada
canals,
canals-based and pipeline-based water grid schemes
which were to be taken up after monsoon. He called for optimizing water supply from reservoirs behind big dams
or smaller check dams
for a long-term and, if needed, supply water through tankers.
The situation is graver in the villages of Saurashtra
& Kutch and North Gujarat regions. He
called for taking up the water-grid projects for 6,026 villages and 105 problem towns post-monsoon
should be taken up immediately, install hand pumps in hilly tribal areas, deepening
wells, sinking bore
wells and drip-irrigation schemes.
Mr. Modi discussed the presentation for
Centre’s assistance
to be placed
before the Central
Team scheduled
to visit Gujarat on August 3, 2012. He also explored possibility
of artificial rain. Today’s meeting
was attended by high-power ministerial
committee, senior
secretaries, besides other top
functionaries of departments concerned.
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