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Sharing details of the project, an Irrigation department Sharing details of the project, an Irrigation departmentofficial said four trunk pipelines (with diameter of threemeters) will be laid. Link 1 of 180 Kms will connect Machhu IIdam of Morbi district to Sani dam of Jamnagar district. LinkII of 253 kms will connect Limbdi Bhogavo-II dam ofSurendranagar district to Raidi dam of Amreli district. Link III of 245 kms will start at Dholi Dhaja Dam inSurendranagar and end at Venu I dam of Rajkot district, whileLink IV of 250 kms will connect Limbdi Bhogavo II dam ofSurendranagar to Hiran II dam of Gir Somnath district, theofficial said. Smaller width pipelines will be diverting waters fromthese main trunk lines to various dams of Saurashtra. Damslike Dholi Dhaja, Limbdi-Bhagova and Machhu II are alreadygetting water of Sardar Sarovar dam through canal network ofthe dam. Most of the water will be pumped by motors to travelthrough these pipeline network through pumping stations builtat various points. Notably, water has become a politically sensitive issuein Gujarat, which the BJP plans to cash in before the 2017Assembly polls to revive its fortune, specially at the timewhen it is facing challenges like Patel quota agitation andDalit uprising. PTI PD ARSSRYRDS