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Addressing a press conference, state Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki and party spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said that the Narmada project was planned to irrigate 19 lakh hectares of land. “People do not want such yatras, they want water… The yatra is facing protest because people are not getting water. Had the BJP government wanted, it could have provided them water through lift canals,” they said. (PTI Photo)The Congress on Friday slammed the BJP for “failing to bring Narmada water to the farmers” despite ruling the state for 22 years, saying that it was due to “criminal negligence” of the ruling party that only a fraction of the proposed network of canals have been built. Tribals living along the Narmada canal are not getting water for irrigation..