On his 67th birthday on Sunday Sep 17,2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sardar Sarovar Dam built on the Narmada to the nation – 56 years after its foundation was laid by India’s first premier Jawaharlal Nehru.
It was Modi’s second visit to election-bound Gujarat in less than a week after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Ahmedabad to launch the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project.
The Prime Minister said the Sardar Sarovar dam faced several hurdles. “But, we were determined that the project will continue.”
Describing the Namrada dam as “an engineering miracle”, PM Modi said that a massive misinformation campaign was launched against the project. He added that because of the obstructions, River Narmada suffered the most. “In the obstructions created by forces against Narmada project, Maa Narmada has suffered the most,” PM Modi said.
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