By Niticentral Staff on
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed Congress-led UPA Government
for “playing politics” over the Sardar Sarovar dam and said he is ready
to give credit for the project to Congress if the Centre allows to
install gates on the dam so that water could reach farmers in the
parched regions of the State.
Modi said he doesn’t not want credit over the project. “I am willing to give credit to Congress leaders if they fear that Modi would benefit politically,” he said.
“Please give us water and take the credit if you want. There cannot be any politics in this. This is for Gujarat,” Modi said, addressing a gathering of farmers here.
Blaming Congress for delay in gate installation, Modi said that initial estimated cost of the project was Rs 5,000 crore, but now it had escalated to Rs 50,000 crore.
Saying that the gates to be installed were as high as 6-storey building, Modi said, “It would take two to three years to build each gate. There are 40 such gates to be built but still the Centre has done nothing on the issue.”
“I have met the Prime Minister a dozen times regarding the issue, but while he kept saying it must be done, no action has been take,” he said.
Congress-ruled Maharashtra and BJP-ruled Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh had completed their part of the work but the Centre was refusing to do the needful, he alleged.
Ruing ‘failure’ of Congress to provide crop insurance to the Gujarat farmers in the face of bad monsoon last year, Modi asked “whether money for the crop insurance had met the same fate as 2G spectrum and coal reserves”.
Gujarat Government had taken steps such as waiver of 50 per cent of the power dues and grant of interest concessions to help the farmers deal with the drought, he said.
Modi said Congress is going to face a rout in June 2 Lok Sabha and Assembly by-elections in Gujarat.
(With inputs from agencies)
Source: http://www.niticentral.com/2013/05/25/modi-slams-centre-for-delaying-completion-of-sardar-sarovar-dam-81971.html
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed Congress-led UPA Government
for “playing politics” over the Sardar Sarovar dam and said he is ready
to give credit for the project to Congress if the Centre allows to
install gates on the dam so that water could reach farmers in the
parched regions of the State.Modi said he doesn’t not want credit over the project. “I am willing to give credit to Congress leaders if they fear that Modi would benefit politically,” he said.
“Please give us water and take the credit if you want. There cannot be any politics in this. This is for Gujarat,” Modi said, addressing a gathering of farmers here.
Blaming Congress for delay in gate installation, Modi said that initial estimated cost of the project was Rs 5,000 crore, but now it had escalated to Rs 50,000 crore.
Narendra Modi at the Mega Krishi Mahotsav Event
Saying that the gates to be installed were as high as 6-storey building, Modi said, “It would take two to three years to build each gate. There are 40 such gates to be built but still the Centre has done nothing on the issue.”
“I have met the Prime Minister a dozen times regarding the issue, but while he kept saying it must be done, no action has been take,” he said.
Congress-ruled Maharashtra and BJP-ruled Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh had completed their part of the work but the Centre was refusing to do the needful, he alleged.
Ruing ‘failure’ of Congress to provide crop insurance to the Gujarat farmers in the face of bad monsoon last year, Modi asked “whether money for the crop insurance had met the same fate as 2G spectrum and coal reserves”.
Gujarat Government had taken steps such as waiver of 50 per cent of the power dues and grant of interest concessions to help the farmers deal with the drought, he said.
Modi said Congress is going to face a rout in June 2 Lok Sabha and Assembly by-elections in Gujarat.
(With inputs from agencies)
Source: http://www.niticentral.com/2013/05/25/modi-slams-centre-for-delaying-completion-of-sardar-sarovar-dam-81971.html
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