Celebrate it, Narmada dam starts overflowing

Gandhinagar, 14 August, 2011

You can celebrate this. As DeshGujarat predicted yesterday, Gujarat’s lifeline like Narmada dam has started overflowing. This has brought year-long relief to large area that is served by the waters of Narmada canal.

According to state flood cell announcement the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has started overflowing on 14th of August 2011 morning. The amount of water being released is: Vatrak river 1000 cusec, Sarbarmati river 1500 cusec, Banas river 1500 cusec, Rupen river 500 cusec, east drain 200 cusec, Vadhvana reservoir 50 cuses, Gota Godhavi 150 cuses, Pushpavati river 50 cusec. Low lying areas next to these rivers and water bodies are alerted. Narmada dam’s crest level is 121.92 metres. State control room has alerted authorities of five districts namely Ahmedabad, Mahesana, Kheda, Patan and Vadodara.

As there’s leave in offices on Sunday and also on Monday due to 15th August, thousands of visitors are expected to gather at Narmada dam site to witness the overflow like every year.