Gujarat CM inaugurates ₹651 crore Tapi-Karjan link lift irrigation scheme for 73 tribal villages
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Ukai reservoir-based Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline Lift Irrigation Scheme in Umarpada, Surat district, on 7 March 2026; it will irrigate 53,750 acres in 73 tribal villages.
Summary
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline Lift Irrigation Scheme in Umarpada taluka of Surat district on 7 March 2026. The scheme, based on the Ukai reservoir and built at a cost of ₹651.08 crore, will provide irrigation to 53,750 acres in 73 tribal villages of Umarpada (Surat) and Dediapada (Narmada) talukas, which lie at higher elevations and had faced water shortages for rabi and summer crops despite heavy rainfall. He also laid the foundation stone of an extension costing about ₹210 crore that will irrigate 19,141 acres in 29 villages of Umarpada, and opened 12 other works worth ₹126 crore in Surat district.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 7 March 2026, Umarpada, Surat district, Gujarat
- Source
- Ukai reservoir (Tapi)
- Cost
- ₹651.08 crore
- Benefit
- 53,750 acres, 73 tribal villages in Umarpada and Dediapada talukas
- Extension
- ~₹210 crore; 19,141 acres in 29 Umarpada villages
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline Lift Irrigation Scheme inaugurated in Gujarat on 7 March 2026 draws water from which reservoir?
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Correct answer: D — Ukai
The scheme is based on the Ukai reservoir project and lifts water through pipelines to tribal villages at higher elevations.
The Tapi-Karjan lift irrigation scheme mainly benefits tribal villages in which two talukas?
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Correct answer: A — Umarpada and Dediapada
It irrigates 53,750 acres in 73 tribal villages of Umarpada (Surat) and Dediapada (Narmada) talukas.