Gandhinagar, May 21 -- Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken a public interest approach by distributing Narmada water during summer to enable large-scale crop cultivation and ensure drinking water by filling check dams and ponds, said an official release.

According to the release, the Chief Minister has made this farmer-focused decision after considering requests from farmers and community leaders of North Gujarat and Saurashtra. He has approved the release of 30,689 MCFT of Narmada water for both regions, starting June 30, 2025.

Accordingly, 14,539 MCFT of Narmada water will be allocated for North Gujarat and 16,150 MCFT for the Saurashtra region.

This water will be supplied through the Narmada main canal-based lift pipeline to ove...