Water for Rajasthan by June 2004

By Our Staff Correspondent

JAIPUR, AUG. 19. Rajasthan will get its share of water from the Sardar Sarovar dam by June 2004. The construction of a bypass tunnel in the Narmada project for supplying irrigation water to Rajasthan and Gujarat will also be completed soon.

These were some of the decisions taken at a meeting on the Narmada project, chaired by the Union Water Resources Minister, Mr. Arjun Charan Sethi, in New Delhi on Saturday. Rajasthan was represented by the State Irrigation Minister, Mrs. Kamla.

An official release here today stated that the meeting decided in favour of increasing the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam from the present 90 metres to 100 metres. The issue has already created much controversy with the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) stoutly opposing the move.

The bypass tunnel under construction for providing water to the irrigation areas in Rajasthan and Gujarat would be completed shortly.

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