Khedawala raised the issue during Question Hour as his starred question on e-memos issued to traffic violators in Ahemdabad city and district was taken up for discussion.
Since then, the government has in “public interest” extended the deadline to submit applications for regularisation of such structures thrice – in March, June and December last year.
According to local BJP leaders in Godhra, the surgeon’s nomination has come as a "surprise", especially since he maintained a low profile after his reinduction. Parmar himself termed it a "pleasant surprise" Wednesday.
With the help of this grid, 14,926 of 18,152 villages and 241 cities have been connected to Narmada and other sources of surface water, through which 4.36 crore people receive 3,200 MLD of water daily under 352 schemes.