Narmada dam to overflow at highest 129 meter level tomorrow

A video of 126 meter overflow, but tomorrow’s overflow will be at 129 meter level

Gandhinagar, 6 September 2012

Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam will overflow at the level of 129.05 meter. This is the highest level at which the dam will overflow in its history. The district administration of Bharuch has alerted 32 villages in downstream area where water level in Narmada river could go significantly up and low lying areas on the bank could be affected. This year, Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has witnessed longest duration of overflow. The dam first started overflowing on 8 August this year with 126 meter level, and later continued to overflow for 25 days. More days of overflow attract more tourists to Narmada dam. The figure of tourists has crossed five lakh this year days back. At around noon on Thursday the level of water in Narmada dam is around 127 meter. There has been increase of 32 cm per hour thanks to water released from Indira sagar dam in Madhya Pradesh. Round the clock power generation at the dam site on full capacity of 1450 MW is on.