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From: Himanshu Thakkar <cwaterp@del3.vsnl.net.in>
Subject: GOI OFFERS TO DISCUSS NARMADA PROBLEMS WITH MEDHA PROBLEMS WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED
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SOURCE: GOI WEBSITE, MARCH 1, 2000

DR. C.P. THAKUR TO VISIT DROUGHT-AFFECTED AREAS AND SARDAR
                             SAROVAR DAM

 UNION WATER RESOURCES MINISTER’S TOUR TO GUJARAT ON 3RD AND
                              4TH MARCH

    Union Water Resources Minister, Dr. C.P. Thakur is rushing to the
drought-affected areas
of Gujarat on 3rd and 4th March. He will inaugurate Narmada Main Canal
in Kamboi village of
Patan District in Gujarat. Shri Keshubhai Patel, Chief Minister of
Gujarat, will also be present
on the occasion. Thereafter, Dr. Thakur will visit Babri, Tara Nagar and
neighbouring
drought-affected areas of Patan and Mehsana districts for an on-the-spot
inspection of the
on-going relief work and drinking water schemes in the area. He is
scheduled to return to
Ahmedabad by the same evening. Next day, the Minister will visit the
Sinor Wadas and
Dabhoi villages affected by Sardar Sarovar Project to take stock of the
relief and rehabilitation
schemes there. Later, the Minister is scheduled to visit Kevadia and
Sardar Sarovar Dam to
inspect the underground power house and Canal Head Power House in the
project campus.
While returning to Gandhi Nagar the same evening, the Minister is
scheduled to hand over to
the State Government the Deep Bore Tubewell built by Central Ground
Water Board
(CGWB) at Shertha. Dr. C.P. Thakur has already asked the Central Ground
Water Board to
hand over 111 such tubewells built by the Board to the State Government
to tide over the
problems of drinking water as a result of drought situation in the
State. The handing over of the
tubewell built by CGWB at Shertha to the State Government will be first
in the series. It is
hoped that this will go a long way in solving the drinking water problem
prevailing in Gandhi
Nagar and Saurashtra region of Gujarat.

    On similar lines the Central Ground Water Board has been asked to
dig similar deep bore
tubewells in Rajasthan for handing over to the Rajasthan Government so
as to enable the State
Government to tide over the problem of drought in Rajasthan.

    Dr. Thakur is also scheduled to visit Madhya Pradesh to take stock
for an on-the- spot
inspection of the progress of on-going work in Narmada Valley Project
and also to inspect
some of the areas affected by Sardar Sarovar Dam.

    It may be recalled that earlier Dr. C.P. Thakur had already offered
the Narmada Bachao
leader, Ms. Medha Patkar to discuss with Narmada problems without any
conditions attached.