Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said water of the Narmada river will be taken to Chitrakoot to create a “holy confluence” with the Mandakini river.
Chouhan made this announcement while participating in a programme to honour seers at Chitrakoot to mark the celebrations of Ram Navami.
“I take a pledge to keep the river Mandakini clean and uninterrupted. A dam would be constructed in Majhgawan for Rs 243.79 crore in the first phase to keep the Mandakini river always flowing in Chitrakoot,” he said.
Chouhan said that as soon as the work of the tunnel construction of the Bargi canal is completed, the state government will bring the water of the Narmada river to the Mandakini river.
The linking of these two “holy” rivers will form a unique confluence. Instructions have been issued to prepare its DPR, Chouhan said.
Chouhan, along with devotees, also lit lamps on the banks of the Betwa river.