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| The state government is planning mini-hydro power projects with a total capacity of 10Mw along all major dams in central and south Gujarat. |
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| These plants are likely to come up on Karjan, Damanganga and Vanakbori projects in south Gujarat. |
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| "We intend to utilise the excess water during monsoon to generate electricity. At present, this water is being wasted," state water resource minister Nitin Patel told the Assembly. |
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| The government has planned two units of 1.5Mw each on the Karjan project at an investment of Rs 16 crore. Similarly, it would invest Rs 24.40 crore in the Damanganga project to generate 5.25 Mw apart from 1Mw that will be generated on Vanakbori. |
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| The minister informed the house that around 500,000 hectare had benefited due to various water harvesting programmes carried out during the past five years. According to him, around 20,000 million cubic feet water was being harvested as a result of 100,000 checkdams built in various parts of the state. |
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