Rajkot, On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation (SAUNI) project - in which nearly 10 dams and reservoirs of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Morbi would be filled up with the water of Narmada river.

The project intends to fill nearly 115 dams of Saurashtra region that faces shortage of water for irrigation and drinking.

Rajkot district collector Vikrant Pandey said, “Nearly ten dams of three districts would be filled up with water from Narmada under the project, which would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Aji-3 dam site”.

“After inaugurating the project, the Prime Minister would address the public gathering at Sanosara town,” he added.