Closure of 30 17-m high gates marks the official completion of Sardar Sarovar Dam project on Narmada river. Water storage capacity will increase from 1.27 MAF to 4.73 MAF, enabling irrigation of 1.8m ha and benefiting 40m people in 9,000 villages. Gujarat has overcome many hurdles to reach this stage. After 7 years of inaction under UPA, permission to install the gates was finally given by PM Modi on taking office in 2014. At the podium to mark this feat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani termed it a “golden moment in the history of Gujarat.”

A historic day for Gujarat, closure of 30 gates on Narmada dam initiated today morning