Gandhinagar, March 7 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel called upon tribal regions to take the lead in building Viksit Gujarat to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, the release said.

According to the Gujarat Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the CM made this appeal while inaugurating the Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline Lift Irrigation Scheme, which will provide irrigation facilities to 53,750 acres of land in 73 tribal villages of Umarpada in Surat district and Dediapada taluka of Narmada district in South Gujarat.

This lift irrigation scheme, based on the Ukai reservoir project, has been constructed for Rs 651.08 crore. On this occasion, the Chief Minister also performed the e-foundation stone laying an...