Water being released from Daman Ganga, Kadana, Wanakbori, surge in river Mahi, Daman Ganga

Water being released from Daman Ganga, Kadana, Wanakbori, surge in river Mahi,  Daman Ganga

Gandhinagar: Several villages in the low lying areas on the banks of river Mahi and Daman Ganga have been alerted owing to heavy rain in their catchment areas and release of water from 3 dams.

State Emergency Operation Center today said that 21600 cuses of water was being released from Daman Ganga dam close to Vapi (in Valsad district) which has seen extremely heavy rainfall of 391mm (over 15 inches) in last 24 hours.

Apart from this 33300 cusec was being released from Wanakbori dam and 15300 cuses from Kadana dam in river Mahi in Mahisagar district of central Gujarat.

The two rivers have also seen heavy rain in their catchment areas.

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