Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): The Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada Project, considered the lifeline of Gujarat’s Jal Kranti (Water Revolution) and Krushikranti (Agriculture Revolution), has reached its most degree of 138.68 meters (455 toes).
According to the Chief Minister’s Statement (CMO), on the ninth day of Navratri, the CM carried out Jal Poojan with Vedic chants on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam Project in Ekta Nagar. This mission provides ingesting water to over 4 crore folks throughout Gujarat, masking 10,453 villages, 190 cities, and 7 municipal companies.
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation on seventeenth September 2017, the reservoir has reached its full degree six instances — in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. At its full reservoir degree of 138.68 meters (455 toes), the dam holds a complete storage capability of 9,460 million cubic meters.
Continuing the custom of honouring the life-sustaining waters of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam, the lifeline of Gujarat’s improvement, CM Patel carried out the Narmada Jal Pujan and conveyed his greetings. He urged residents to make use of this invaluable useful resource properly. The Chief Minister warmly interacted with Statue of Unity guests and reviewed accessible vacationer amenities
As the National Unity Parade, which is held yearly at Ekta Nagar on Sardar Patel’s delivery anniversary, October 31, within the inspiring presence of PM Modi, is scheduled to happen this yr on the big day of Sardar Saheb’s one hundred and fiftieth delivery anniversary, the Chief Minister visited the location of the Unity Parade. He obtained full particulars in regards to the planning of the assorted packages for the National Unity Day celebration from the involved officers and supplied crucial steerage.
Notably, simply 17 days after taking workplace as PM Modi accredited the completion of the pending work on the Narmada Dam and the set up of its gates. The state authorities promptly executed the mission, finishing all work, together with the set up of 30 gates, 9 months forward of schedule.
As a consequence, throughout this yr’s monsoon, water distribution has been carried out to North Gujarat and Saurashtra-Kutch by means of the Sujalam-Sufalam and SAUNI schemes. Under the Sujalam-Sufalam scheme, 98 MCM (3431 MCFT) of water has been supplied, filling 877 ponds. Under the SAUNI scheme, 114 MCM (3992 MCFT) of water has been supplied, filling 36 ponds, 325 test dams, and 31 dams, and additional filling 162 ponds, 1104 test dams, and 30 dams.
According to the irrigation division’s wants, ample water is distributed from the Sardar Sarovar Dam to fill reservoirs, test dams, and different water constructions. During the overflow interval of the Narmada Dam this yr, water from Narmada was launched into and revived 10 rivers – Pushpawati, Rupen, Banas, Saraswati, Sabarmati, Vatrak, Kun, Karad, Dev, and Heran.
During this monsoon, the River Bed Power House and the Canal Head Power House of the Narmada Project generated a complete of 302 crore items of electrical energy. The highest month-to-month manufacturing to date, 105 crore items, was achieved in September 2025. In whole, 6,810 crore items of electrical energy have been generated to this point.
On this sacred event of Narmada water worship with Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel, Bharuch MP Mansukh Vasava, Chhota Udepur MP Jashubhai Rathva, MLA Darshna Deshmukh, District Panchayat President Shri Bhimsinghbhai Tadvi, organisational office-bearers, Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi, Additional Chief Secretary to CM MK Das, Chairman and Managing Director of Narmada Nigam Shri Mukesh Puri, Principal Secretary of Home Department Smt. Nipuna M Torawane, Joint Managing Director of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Amit Arora, Director Thakkar, and senior district officers have been current. (ANI)