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Saurashtra faces severe water crisis, admits state govt [1]

Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that the water crisis looms large over Saurashtra region. Even in January, a total of 74 villages in three talukas of Junagadh faced severe crisis. The government said that atotal of 216 dams in Rajkot and Kutch have gone dry.

In written reply to a question from Somnath MLA Jasa Barad, the state government said that Junagadh city was being given an additional 50 lakh litres of water every day. In far off villages in Sutrapada, Junagadh and Veraval, the water was being supplied through water tankers. In Junagadh, the number of villages where water was supplied with tankers was 42, followed by 26 in Sutrapada and six in Veraval taluka.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2013
Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [2]
Tags:
Gujarat [3], Junagadh (T) [4], Rajkot (D) [5], Dams [6], Kuchchh [7], Drinking Water Scarcity [8], Narmada [9], Water Pricing [10], Water Supply [11]
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