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If drip irrigation is made mandatory by building a dam, then there wil...
Gandhinagar, 17 June 2021
When monsoon fails, total loss of fertiliser, labour, land rent, medicine, labour, tractor rent to 52 farmers in Gujarat was Rs 17,000 crore in 2016 and now it is Rs 20,000 crore in 2021. Thus the cost per person is 38 to 40 thousand. Drought costs the government almost the same. Thus, when there is a drought, Gujarat suf...
Lives of 32,000 oustees put in ‘jeopardy’
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which had suspended its Narmada dam oustees' agitation at Badwani in Madhya Pradesh following the Gujarat government decision to open 25 of the 31 gates of the dam to keep water levels in the reservoir at 131 metres, has asserted that the state government is now "playing" with the situation.
In a statement it sa...
Pravinsinh Jadeja, former Gujarat environment minister apologises to N...
Veteran Gujarat politician apologises to NBA for opposing anti-Narmada dam movement
CV News/ August 01, 2019
Is the support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), considered an "untouchable" by politicians of all hues, growing in Gujarat? It would seem so, if one goes by what a veteran leader from Saurashtra, Pravinsinh Jadeja, former Gujarat ...
Read Gujarat CM’s Responce to Statements of MP’s CM about narmda...
Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today termed the statements of Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister Mr. Kamal Nath and Narmada Development Minister Mr. Budhel indicating not to provide Narmada waters to Gujarat as very unfortunate, lacking proper information, and politically motivated. Reacting to the statements of Mr. Kamal Nath, Mr. Rupani...