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WATER CRISES IN AHMEDABAD AND STEPS TAKEN BY STATE GOVERNMENT.
"Water supply to Ahmedabad, which receives 1420 million liters per day (MLD) from Narmada and Kadana dams among other resources, is expected to be cut by 200 MLD. Vadodara and Rajkot too are expected to face water supply cuts of around 50 MLD each. South Gujarat has 27% less water compared to last year so there is pressing need to rationalize use of water in Surat which gets the highest water supply per capita, " a top source close to the development told TOI.Deputy CM Nitin Patel said that it is a fact that the state is grappling with less water this year. “Water scarcity is a reality which we have to deal with this year. We have decided upon many measures to rationalize the meagre water stocks and economise its use through curbing supply to cities and towns as well as reviving conventional water resources like french wells etc,” said Patel.Gujarat has only 49.8% water of its total storage capacity which is 13% less as compared to last year. One of the major triggers of water crisis is the lowest rain water inflow in 15 years in Narmada catchment areas in MP which has halved Narmada waters in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and MP.

Govt to rationalize water supply Due to low water storage in 209 dams across the state, especially Narmada, the water resources and water supply department has proposed a series of suggestions to ensure supply of minimum required drinking water in all cities, towns and villages.A Officials said that all municipal corporations have been instructed to ready their secondary plans for ensuring water supply in summer in wake of reduced water levels in Narmada and other dams.

Currently, the city is fulfilling its water needs, partly from Kadana Dam through Raska weir pump house, getting four crore gallons per day, while another 6.5 crore gallons comes from 406 bore-wells. But in the past one month, water supplied from Kadana Dam was fluctuating due to less water released and most of the water was being used by farmers through the Shedi canal.

"The past one month saw steep fluctuations when water supply at Raska dropped to 2.6 crore gallons, which was grossly insufficient to fulfill the city's requirement," says Liyaqat Ghori, Chairman, AMC Water Supply Committee. According to him, if the state government keeps the supply at Raska at 6.5 crore gallons per day water can be given to Ahmedabad two times a day but as of now AMC finds it difficult to keep water supply going even once a day.

At present the city is getting water for two hours in the mornings but even then there were complaints of low pressure and water going off from taps 15 minutes before the scheduled time.

AHMEDABAD: Vijay Rupani, state water resources minister has stated that eight districts and around 1,000 villages in the state are facing an acute water crisis.Rupani said, “Due to insufficient rains for the last two years, eight districts — Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Dahod, Panchmahal and Amreli — are facing a drinking water shortage. Around 1,000 villages are in crisis due to drying up of local water sources. We have already started supplying water to around 500 villages by tankers and will increase the number with demand. We are reviewing all districts weekly and have started helplines. The chief minister is also reviewing the situation regularly. A committee of minsters is also monitoring the situation.” “We have increased supply by tankers from 30 litres to 50 litres per day per person. Daily supply to Jamnagar, Porbandar, Dahod, Amreli, Junagadh and other cities has been increased. For two months, people may have to face some inconvenience. We are supplying Narmada water wherever possible. We are also deploying the state reserve police to prevent water theft from Narmada canals,” he added.In Surendranagar alone, 268 villages are facing a severe water crisis. Residents there have given the local administration memoranda for the last three days, demanding adequate water arrangements. However, according to officials, the villages in Chotila, and remote areas of Thangadh are badly affected.

Jamnagar district is also witnessing a major crisis. At Chur village in Kalyanpur taluka, residents are getting water once in 15 days. According to the village sarpanch Bhikhu Paniya, water is being released from Sani dam but this is not enough. We store water as supply comes just once in a fortnight. Villages are supplied water in rotation, as there is not enough water in the Sani dam.