PM Modi set to inaugurate first phase of SAUNI project in Gujarat's Jamnagar

On 30 August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the first phase of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation (SAUNA) project worth Rs 12 crore, at Sanosara village near Dhroll in Gujarat's Jamnagar district.

Under the project, nearly 10 dams and reservoirs of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Morbi, will be filled with water from Narmada River.

The project, worth Rs 12,000 crore, is considered an ambitious one for PM Modi to fill up nearly 115 dams of the Saurashtra region, which faces a shortage of water for irrigation and drinking purposes.

It was announced in 2012 when Prime Minister Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat.

After inaugurating the project, the Prime Minister will address the public gathering at Sanosara.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that the four-phased project is expected to be completed before 2019.

He said it will irrigate over four lakh hectares of land and solve the region's water problem to a large extent.

Saurashtra, which comprises 11 districts, faces drought-like situation often and has been reeling under severe water scarcity due to scanty rainfall in the last two years.

--ANI