In October 2017, four protest rallies were held in the tribal areas of Waghai, Ahwa and Kali Bhil in Dangs district and Dharampur town in Valsad. This was against the interlinking of the ParTapiNarmada river basins, a pet project initiated at the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Gujarat's chief minister. The tribespeople contend that when the forestland was allotted to them, they had cultivated and transformed it into agricultural farmland by incurring substantial expenditure. With the construction of reservoirs to link the river basins, these lands would inevitably submerge, displacing the farmers and rendering them incomeless. They also demanded that the government hold public hearings, condemning the lack of transparency in the process. Six reservoirs Jheri, Paikhed, Chasmandva, Chikkar, Dabdar and Kelwan are to be built over the rivers Par, Nar, Tan, Auranga, Ambica, Kapri and Purna. The project envisages transfer of surplus water from the rivers in Maharashtra and south Gujarat to feed the command area of Miyagam branch of the Narmada canal. It will save water in Narmada dam, which will be taken to Saurashtra and Kutch. In November 2017, state Irrigation Minister Nanubhai Vanani stated that the affected people will be adequately compensated and that the project will move ahead regardless of the tribals' stance on it. While Congress MLA Mangalbhai Gavit argued that the government intends to enhance the lives of others at the cost of adivasis, former BJP MLA Vijay Patel alleged that the opposition intends to bring Naxalism into Gujarat. The project faces opposition not just in Gujarat, but also in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, all of which are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party party, since the interlinking is interstate.