Over 1.86 lakh cusecs water being released from Ukai dam
July 19, 2022
Surat: Gujarat’s second largest water reservoir, Ukai dam in South Gujarat is full upto rule level of 1st August today on 19th of July today.
The rule level of the dam to be maintained as on 1st August or before is 101.50 m, while full level is 105.16 m. The level touched 101.30 m mark at 2 pm today. The dam as a result was 71.82 per cent full with 5,325.06 MCM against designed gross storage capacity of 7,414.29 MCM.
The dam was still witnessing inflow of 72,174 cusecs at 2 pm. To release the surplus water and maintain the rule level as high as 1,86,534 cusecs volume of water was being discharged to down stream river bed while 1100 cusecs water was released in canal. Total 13 gates were opened in 3.48 meter height.
With this the causeway in Surat in river Tapi has submerged completely. DeshGujarat
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