They were part of a group of 17 persons from Surat who were on a visit to Poicha village to take a holy bath in the Narmada river after offering prayers at a temple.
Those affected farmers who want to avail of the assistance package have to apply online on the Digital Gujarat Portal by October 31, 2023, the government said.
In a statement, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said work is on to clear roads by removing fallen trees. According to officials, more than 6,000 people living along the banks of the Narmada river in Bharuch district have been shifted to safer places in the last two days after the water level rose to 40 feet due to discharge from the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
Borewells around the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh are drying up which indicate groundwater depletion in the river basin.
About 700 persons were evacuated in Dhar district.
Narmada Control Board (NCB), in a meeting held yesterday, approved the project for linking the two rivers- Narmada and Parvati- in Malwa region, a public relations department official said. He added that chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired the meeting.
The plantation drive that started from 7 am continued till 7 pm along the banks of the river covering 24 districts of the state.
The commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, Indore, has been instrumental in attracting foreign and domestic investment for the development of the state. Based on the theme, the Invest Madhya Pradesh Goobal Investors Summit serves as a perfect platform to understand and explore business opportunities within the state of MP.
Maharashtra government has demanded a compensation of Rs 1,800 crore from Gujarat for not supplying the state's share of electricity produced by riverbed power houses built under the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) on Narmada.