[2] Soon after the completion of the construction project, the Narmada canal was inaugurated on 24 April 2008.

The main canal itself can hold 220 MCM (Million cubic metre) of water at full supply depth.

The Saurashtra branch canal has 3 mini hydroelectricity plants to utilize the energy from water at the fall of 52 metres (171 ft) in first 59 km.

[4] Although the Narmada River does not flow through Rajasthan and no area of Rajasthan falls in the Narmada basin, considerations were made to irrigate its lands with the water from the Narmada River that flows through the neighboring state of Gujarat, to encourage peasants to settle in the areas along the international border with Pakistan.

After traversing 458 kilometres (285 mi) in Gujarat, the Narmada canal enters Rajasthan near Shilu in the Sanchor tehsil of Jalore.