Gandhinagar, June 9 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken a key decision in the larger interest of the state's farmers by approving the release of irrigation water through the Narmada canals from June 11 (Thursday).

According to a press release from the Gujarat Chief Minister's Office, MLAs and MPs from the Narmada Command Area had submitted representations to the CM seeking the early release of water for irrigation.

Responding positively to these representations, CM chaired a high-level meeting of senior officials of the Narmada Project and reviewed the available water stock in the project, the press release stated.

During the meeting, taking into consideration the irrigation water requirements for farmers' crops, CM dir...