“Dam Height won’t Hit Sabarmati Project”

Gujrat’s lifeline river Narmada will not hinder the refilling of the Sabarmati river by increasing the level of the dam
This step to increase dam level is well planned and works as a model for river rejuvenation
As per the irrigational needs the Sabarmati receives about 500 to 1,500 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of the Narmada water for riverfront project
South Asian Network of Dams, Rivers and People said in the upstream Sabarmati is dry and it is Narmada who is replenishing it
There is no sufficient water in narmada, water should also remain for drought-prone Kutch and Saurashtra regions
Sabarmati a non perennial rever cannot serve the purpose to rejuvenate rather the river depends upon rain wate, the riverbed is shrunk by 50 meters and rather has become a nullah
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) the river project was planned to deal with floods as hydraulic studies were conducted before project implementation and flood protection walls built along the river.
The project is to bring back the people to the river and the cooperation has rehabilitated 11,000 people displaced by the project
Activists have raised issue of water being polluted but the Gujarat government is taking measures to keep the water pollution free.
Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/dam-height-wont-hit-sabarmati-project/article6113524.ece

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