Narmada dam overflows at 10.15 am

July 18, 2013


Bharuch, 18 July 2013


(archive video)

Thanks to huge chunk of water released from upstream dams located in Madhya Pradesh, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam in Gujarat has started overflowing on Thursday at 10.15 am by crossing 121.92 meter level. At 11.00 am the level with overflow is 122 meter.

DeshGujarat spoke to Narmada dam control room at midnight, and received the detail that the level was 121.13 meter. Inflow at midnight was 82,901 cusec with hourly increase of 2 cm. The highest There was only 70-75 cm gap left, and it has been filled today morning.

Current overflow shall not be much taller and it will be within the height of 123 meter as per the local engineers.

Fresh overflow may escalate the number of visitors at Sardar Sarovar site. The upcoming week-end is likely to witness traffic jam at Kevadia colony.

Usually the dam witnesses longer and taller overflow in the month of August. There are chances that dam shall overflow again in August. Watch another video from our archive below:


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