Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on August 30. During Gujarat visit the Prime Minister will be launch the SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation) Yojana providing Narmada water to parched areas of Saurashtra. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to inaugurate the first link of Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) project. Chief Minister Rupani, in a statement said Narendra Modi as a chief minister of Gujarat had launched the project to link 10 reservoirs, including 3 major dams of Aji-2, Und and Machchu-2, to the Narmada river.
The ambitious Rs 12,000 crore project is expected to replenish 15 dams and provide drinking water to 5,000 villages and irrigation for several lakh hectares in Jamnagar, Rajkot, Morbi and adjoining districts.
