Updates on monsoon on Sunday, level at Narmada dam above 119

Ahmedabad, 27 July 2014

Here are the monsoon related updates from across Gujarat.

In southern Gujarat district of Dang, the road traffic between Vaghai and Saputara was on halt due to heavy land sliding on highway.

As we said yesterday, due to lack of fresh rain, the situation in Vadodara normalized today. The level of Vishwamitri river which passed through the city of Vadodara came down today and went below danger level.

Kankarapar weir dam was overflowing today, while Ukai dam continued to release water.

At 1.00 pm on Sunday, the level of water at Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam was 119.37. The highest level is 121.92. Inflow at 1.00 pm was 32,594 cuses while outflow was just for canal water supply at 4,397. While canal based power unit is on, the other units are off and they are likely to be operated only if the water level comes above 120 and close to peak level.

Scattered rains were experienced in some parts of state including in Rajkot.