Gandhinagar: Around 2 lakh cusecs water is going to be released from Kadana dam at midnight on Monday, following which, an alert has bee given to low lying areas located alongside the river Mahi. Kadana dam’s level at 7 pm was 416 ft and one inch. There was inflow of 1.27 lakh cusecs at 7 pm. The increased inflow is due to release of water from Mahi-Bajaj Sagar reservoir in upstream.

The alert is effective for 74 villages of Lunawada taluka, 27 from Kadana, 09 from Khanpur, 06 from Godhra and 12 villages of Shahera taluka in Panchmahal district. Similarly other districts are also alerted for low lying villages alongside the river Mahi.

Kadana is Gujarat’s third largest dam after Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam and Ukai dam. DeshGujarat