Q. What does the scheme SAUNI standing for?- Published on 05 Sep 17a. Saurashtra Nirman Avtaran Irrigation Yojana
b. Saurashtra Neev Avtaran Irrigation Yojana
c. Saurashtra Navyug Avtaran Irrigation Yojana
d. Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation Yojana
ANSWER: Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation Yojana
President Ram Nath Kovind, who reached Ahmedabad on 2nd Sept 2017 on a two-day visit to Gujarat, laid the foundation stone of the second phase of link-IV pipeline canal of Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana at Ghela Somnath in Rajkot district.
SAUNI is an ambitious project to fill up 115 dams of water-starved Saurashtra region by diverting one million acre feet of floodwaters of Narmada.
The project envisages lifting water from various canals of Narmada project and pump it to these reservoirs by a 1,165-km-long network of giant pipelines.
The estimated project cost is INR 16,500 crore.
The second phase of this giant pipeline canal would begin from Sartanpar minor irrigation scheme near Ankadiya village of Vinchhiya and tail in Dhrafad dam in Visavadar taluka of Junagadh district.
The designed length of the second phase is 147 km.
