Narmada canal broke 100 occasions in final two years

The Narmada canal broke 100 occasions over the last two years in Banaskanta district of North Gujarat, the state authorities stated on Thursday.
Between 2019 and 2020, the full variety of incidents the place the canal broke within the district rose by 43 per cent, the federal government acknowledged in a written reply to a query requested by Congress MLA Gulabsinh Rajput in the course of the Question Hour. The authorities stated there have been 41 incidents the place the canal broke in 2019, whereas in 2020, the incidents rose to 59.

In 72 instances, the price of repairing the canal was recovered from 10 contractors. The highest variety of such restoration (30 instances) was from Jalaram Project Pvt Ltd, the federal government acknowledged. The agency was additionally fined in six instances. In 13 instances, the place farmers suffered crop loss a complete of Rs 2.42 lakh was given as compensation.

In response to a unique query requested by Congress MLA Ritvik Makwana in regards to the standing of building of Narmada canals, the federal government acknowledged that 7,729 kilometers of canal community was but to be constructed. The authorities additionally stated {that a} complete of 62,099 kilometers of canal community has been accomplished.