After many hours of successfully taking the waters of Narmada to Modh Kuva, the village at the tail-end of the Kutch Branch Canal, the authorities had to stop the flow after a patch in the path was breached on Thursday. We have been conducting many testing since the last week, and for the first time, the water reached Modh Kuva late on six July night. The 750 km of water flows from the Sardar Sarovar Dam, the longest site in the country, being a man-made canal. In one part, the canal created a breach, and we planned to repair it and restart the trials in the next few days. The trial aimed to look out for any problems and identify them instantly. JP Gupta, chairman of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd, gives the statement. Kutch Branch Canal is part of the ambitious Sardar Sarovar...
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