Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are heading towards collision course over sharing of the Narmada water from the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
The Kamal Nath government has sought Union Water Resources Ministry’s intervention to resolve the dispute arising over Gujarat government’s pressure on Madhya Pradesh to release 4,000 million cubic meters (MCM) water for testing the gates of the Sardar Sarovar Dam. The MP government‘s stand is that it has already released 1,600 MCM and cannot release more water.
Besides, the Kamal Nath government has complained to the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) in New Delhi that Gujarat has flouted the 40-year-old Narmada Water Distribution Tribunal accord by denying Madhya Pradesh 57% share of the 1,200 MW power generated by the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
