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Modi knew that “sauni” – schemes worth Rs. 20 thousand crores became white lions.
Modi knew that there is no water in Narmada for “Sauni” scheme, yet he, do worth Rs. 20 thousand crores.
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 18 February 2024
The water that overflows from Sardar Sarovar Dam every year and flows into the sea is saved and transported to the reservoirs of Saurashtra through pipelines. Four major link based schemes were prepared in Saurashtra. The plan was made in 2012 and all the schemes were announced in 2013.
7 years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched “Sauni” scheme in Rajkot to bring Narmada Neer to Saurashtra dam to win elections. Saurashtra Narmada Landfall Irrigation Scheme has been made a vote-ballot-landfill scheme in the last 6 elections. Gujarat and the central government know that the Narmada dam does not have enough water for everyone’s plan and the cost of electricity to deliver water through the pipeline could be Rs 1,000 crore. However, as the Lok Sabha elections are approaching, BJP’s Bhupendra Patel government has once again started manipulating this scheme.
2024 was fooled again
When Lok Sabha elections are coming, Irrigation Minister Kuvarji Bavaliya announced a plan to fool the people of Saurashtra once again on 16 February 2024. He became a minister as soon as he switched sides from Congress to BJP. Narendra Modi brought him to BJP.
Water Resources Minister Kunwarji Bavaliya announced on 16 February 2024 that the “Soni” scheme heralds a new destiny for Saurashtra. The land of Saurashtra has become green, farmers are becoming rich. There is a resolve to enrich Annadata with irrigation facilities. The work of 73 km long pipeline of Package 9 of Link 4 of “Sauni” scheme has been completed. Rupee. It will cost Rs 181 crore.
Secretary of Water Resources and Water Supply Department. A Patel said that under Link 4 phase 3 of “Sauni” scheme, 12 lakes will be linked up to Pani Dharai village by constructing a feeder pumping station near Asalpur village of Vinchia taluk. This will benefit 45 thousand farmers and people of 23 villages. 5676 acres area will get adequate irrigation and drinking water facility.
what’s the plan
Upon completion of this scheme, 115 out of 138 dams or reservoirs of Saurashtra were to get water. Out of which 10.22 lakh hectares of land was to get irrigation water. Narmada water was to be delivered by motor vehicle to 5 thousand villages and 87 rivers. Water had to be pumped through 1126 km of pipelines. Not getting 30 percent. Whatever is available, they are dumping the water from the fields into rivers and ponds.
The scheme is worth Rs. The price was fixed at Rs 10 thousand. Then in 2016 it increased to Rs. It had become Rs 12 thousand crores. Later Rs 18 thousand crores, and now more than Rs 20 thousand crores are going to be spent.
2023
In March 2023, Minister of State for Water Resources Mukesh Patel announced that 95 of the 115 lakes in Saurashtra have been piped. The remaining 20 will now be completed. Under the scheme, 25 main pumping stations, 8 feeder pumping stations have been provided and a total of 33 stations have been completed.
Whose electricity bill is to be crores of rupees.
An area of 8.25 lakh acres of 972 villages in 11 districts of Saurashtra was irrigated. 31 cities and 737 villages were to get the benefit of drinking water. 9,371 keys. M pipeline works approved. Rupee. Rs 16,721 crore was spent. In which 1,298 kilometers of pipeline work was completed.
Narendra Modi had launched the “Sauni” scheme with the intention that Saurashtra, North Gujarat and Kutch would benefit from the 30 lakh acre feet of water flowing from Narmada.
Now there is a plan to fill 9 reservoirs and 17 lakes through pipelines under Sujalam Sufalam scheme to provide 1 million acre feet of water to North Gujarat. At the same time, the minister announced that 10 lakh acre feet of water will be taken for Kutch.
2021
Till 2021, Rs 16 thousand 148 crores have been spent. After getting administrative approval, the government had estimated the cost at Rs 18 thousand 563 crore.
2020
All the link pipe schemes for filling the dams of Saurashtra through Narmada Canal were to be completed in the year 2017-18.
The scheme was launched in February 2013 at Rs. 10 thousand 900 crores were approved. Later, during April-2013, the further revised administrative approval was Rs 18,600 crore. In December-2018 Rs. 15 thousand 300 crores were spent.
On 30 September 2020, the government announced that the first phase of “SAUNI” scheme has been completed in 2017–18. Work on Phase-2 and 3 was going on.
The final phase of the works was estimated to cost around Rs 6,000 crore.
2019
Till July 20, 2019, a huge expenditure of Rs 13 thousand crores had been incurred. Two out of three phases were completed.
2017
In May 2017, the Central Water Commission, Directorate of External Assistance of the Central Government refused to provide funds. The Gujarat state government had asked for money from the Centre. A demand of Rs 6,399 crore was made. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the first phase of the scheme in Rajkot on 30 August 2016, ahead of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections. Link-2 of Phase-1 was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Modi on 17 April 2017 at Botad. Besides, Link-2 of Phase-2 was also completed. When Modi inaugurated the project, he knew that water could not be obtained from Narmada for the scheme. But, after spending Rs 18 thousand crores, the water which was supposed to go to the fields, was drained into the rivers. To fill the pond, water was not allowed to enter the canals.
Three states were kept in the darkMadhya Pradesh utilizes its share fully. The Gujarat government has not mentioned in the plan how additional water will be provided.
Gujarat government did not negotiate with other states for the “Sauni” scheme. The Gujarat government also said that it did not take the Narmada Control Authority and other states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra into confidence for this scheme. In such a situation, before announcing the scheme, Modi needed to discuss with these three states. However, former Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not do this. Therefore the people of Gujarat had to bear the cost of the scheme. Thus the plan proved to be a white lion.
A negative report on the feasibility of this project was given by the Central Water Commission (CWC), the technical authority of the Central Government. According to officials, Gujarat’s proposal has been rejected because the detailed project report (DPR) submitted by the Gujarat government to the Center does not contain sufficient technical details about the feasibility of the project.
more water visible
50% of water requirement is dependent on other sources. The CWC said the excess water was to be diverted into the Narmada during monsoon, but 1 MAF was more than the 9 MAF (million acre feet) given to Gujarat.
there is not enough water in the dam
It is alleged that CWC also questioned the water storage capacity shown under the “Sauni” project. The original capacity of the dam and lake has been mentioned in the survey. However, nothing has been said about its current capacity. Therefore, the statistical information about water storage capacity actually proves to be wrong. Live capability must be included. Modi planned even when there was not enough water and now water does not reach the lakes and rivers.
Shortcoming
The CWC said the project should be implemented by specifying the share of each state as determined by the Narmada Control Authority in the project DPR and then calculating the water quantity of Gujarat’s share. The Commission once again asked the Gujarat government to correct duplication and other statistical information in the DPR.
government will spend
After the Central Government rejected this project on technical grounds and refused to provide funds, the Gujarat Government is funding this project 100 percent by itself. Thus, Chief Minister Modi’s wrong plan was exposed by his own government as Prime Minister.
2014
The work of all four links and long pipe canal was started from March 2014.
Modi’s ridiculous plan
Plan was made in 2011-12. Whose objective was to get votes in the 2013 assembly elections. Then it was used to win the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. Then the scheme was exploited to garner political votes in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. When the plan was made, Modi knew that Narmada water could not be given in the pipeline of all the schemes. Still he resorted to all schemes to win 6 elections.
Why did the cost increase?
A preliminary survey of the length of the pipeline was conducted while obtaining preliminary administrative approval for all the schemes. Additionally, the length of the pipeline increased during detailed survey map estimation of Phase I and II. Thus, there was a flaw in the Modi government’s plan. Electricity costs were not taken into account. The cost of the right of use and the cost of electricity connection and power line were not taken into account. Due to delay in planning, the cost has now doubled.
27 years late
To prevent excess water from flowing over the Narmada Dam during monsoon, the government has released 10 lakh acre feet of water in North Gujarat, 10 lakh acre feet in Saurashtra and 10 lakh acre feet in Kutch to fill the dams, lakes and rivers of Gujarat. Had planned. The state government approved a pipeline project worth Rs 10,000 crore in the year 2013 to utilize this water over 27 years and implement the “Sauni” pipeline scheme for Saurashtra, the scheme was named “Sauni” scheme. Just as the Narmada scheme has failed for irrigation, similarly the “Sauni” scheme is also proving to be a failure.
Cow herders at work:-
Which was the SOR of the pipeline, although there was no increase in the price, but the contractors were given Rs. VGMEV of Rs 2,000 crore. With this, this scheme of Rs 10,000 crore became Rs 18563 crore. Which has almost doubled in 2024. Despite the expenditure of Rs 20 thousand crores, even today the parts of Saurashtra which were to be filled with water through this pipeline could not be filled.
No water given, pond empty
It is very important to know from the 115 demos of Saurashtra how much water was actually filled during the last two years.
Congress MLA Punjabhai Vansh asked a question in the assembly. In which the government admitted that 4,871 MCFT water was made available in 2017-18, while 6,789 MCFT water was made available in 2018-19. In two years, 11,660 mcft of water was released into the reservoirs of Saurashtra. Actually 43,500 MCFT water should have been filled. Even 30 percent amount of water is not enough. The lakes of Saurashtra were not filled under this scheme.
To hide this fact, the Irrigation Department has not published data after 2013 on its website. These facts are being hidden for 10 years.
Modi’s speech – 2017
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Launching the Saurashtra-Kutch water crisis scheme, Modi said that ourOur ancestors saved water for us, we have to save water for our children. This was Modi’s first public meeting in Gujarat after becoming Prime Minister in 2016. ‘Sauni’ scheme is a proud event for the country. In Saurashtra, the Narmada scheme has increased cotton crop by 370 per cent and groundnut crop by 600 per cent in recent years. In the coming days, farmers of Saurashtra will get 3 crops in one season.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s plan to interlink the rivers of the country will also be implemented and the central government and BJP ruled states will leave no stone unturned to prevent rain water from flowing into the sea.
Prime Minister Modi started his speech with the slogan ‘Narmade, Sarvade’.
Everyone’s plan is to extract gold from the ground. All the schemes have the potential to produce gold from the ground.
Work started in February 2014. Saurashtra is like an inverted saucer. Jasdan and Chotila are at the top and rest of Saurashtra is at the bottom. This achievement of water technology and engineering is a matter of pride for every Gujarati and all the countrymen who understand the importance of water.
Narmada Maiya has taught us how much change a river can bring.
For five or seven years we focused on water.
115 dams will change Saurashtra
The land is the same, the farmers are the same. Still production has increased. Because the water has reached here.
Imagine, if 115 dams are filled with water, Saurashtra will change, the landscape will change. Modi said this. But it did not happen.
What is the plan
Saurashtra Narmada Irrigation Scheme (All Schemes: 2013-14)
A total of 1126 km long flood water is transported to the rivers and dams of Saurashtra region through Narmada Main Canal and Saurashtra Branch Canal. 115 reservoirs in 11 districts of Saurashtra were to be transported through four pipeline links. In which 10 lakh 22 thousand acres of fields were to be irrigated.
Link-1
There is a link from Machhu-2 in Morbi district to Sani in Jamnagar district. Its water carrying capacity is 1200 cusecs. Through this pipeline, water was to be supplied to 30 reservoirs in Rajkot, Morbi, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Jamnagar districts. In which 2 lakh 2 thousand acres area was to be irrigated.
Link-2
There is a link from Limbdi Bhogavo-2 Dam in Surendranagar district to Raidi Dam in Amreli district. Its water capacity is 1050 cusecs. Water was to be supplied to 17 reservoirs in Bhavnagar, Botad and Amreli districts through the link. In which 2 lakh 75 thousand acres of fields were to be irrigated.
link-3
There is a link pipeline from Dholidhaja Dam in Surendranagar district to Venu-1 in Rajkot district. Whose capacity is to carry 1200 cusecs of water. Water was to be delivered through pipes to 28 reservoirs in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Morbi and Surendranagar. In which 2 lakh acres of fields were to be irrigated.
Link-4
There is a link from Limbdi Bhogavo 2 dam in Surendranagar district to Hiran 2 irrigation scheme in Junagadh district.
The capacity of the pipe is 1200 cusecs. Through which water was to be supplied to 40 lakes of Rajkot, Surendranagar, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Porbandar, Botad and Amreli districts. Due to which 3 lakh 50 thousand acres of fields were to be irrigated.
Nature is upset
There are 185 rivers in the state. 55,608 million cubic metres. Out of which 38100 million cubic meters is surface water. India’s water is only 2%. Out of the total water of Gujarat, 89 percent is in Gujarat region, 9 percent in Saurashtra and 2 percent in Kutch.
The groundwater resource of the state is 17,508 million cubic metres. 80 percent of water is used in agriculture. There is no water in Narmada for the scheme, yet they provided water worth Rs 20 thousand crores.(transleted from Gujarati, AGN web by Google).
