Narmada dam overflow continued for 19 days this year


Vadodara, 27 September 2014

Overflow of water at Narmada dam continued for 19 days this year and ended on Friday morning at 7.34 am. For the first time this year, the dam started overflowing on 8 September at 11.32 am. Due to continuous release of water from Indirasagar and Omkareshwar dams in upstream areas of neighboring state Madhya Pradesh, overflow continued for 19 days. On last Thursday the dam was overflowing just at measurement of 12 cm. Overflow stopped completely on Friday morning. At 3.00 pm on Friday the level was 121.77 meter against top level of 121.92 meter.