Cong throws weight behind Narmada dam.

From: The Times of India (New Delhi, India) | Date: March 20, 2006 | Copyright information

Mar. 20--GANDHINAGAR -- In a clear case of one-upmanship on the highly emotive issue of Narmada dam, the Opposition Congress on Saturday declared its complete support to the Narendra Modi government on the multi-crore project.

Speaking in the Gujarat state Assembly, Congress legislature party leader Arjun Modhvadia said his party would do everything to ensure that height of the dam goes up to 121.92 metres.

The Narmada Control Authority has already cleared the raising of the dam height, but the Union water resources minister Saifuddin Soz has sought a review of the ...

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