Articles tagged under: Kadana

Gujarat’s third largest dam, Kadana achieves 100% water storage capacity

September 21, 2024
Gujarat’s third largest dam, Kadana achieves 100% water storage capacity

Mahisagar: Gujarat's third largest dam, Kadana, has achieved 100% of its water storage level achieved it full capacity on Friday. As of 12 noon today (Saturday), the dam, which has a full reservoir level of 127.71 meters, is 100% full. As of 12 noon on Friday, the dam was 99.84% full with a storage of 1,247.24 MCM against the design gross storage of 1,249.30 MCM. Till 2 PM, the dam remained at the same level with an inflow of over 10,000 cusecs of water. However, at 3 PM on Friday (20-09), th...Read More

Major dams in Gujarat generate 1,067.3 Million Units electricity in August 2024

September 09, 2024
Major dams in Gujarat generate 1,067.3 Million Units electricity in August 2024

Gandhinagar: Gujarat is experiencing consistent rainfall this monsoon season and the state's dams are overflowing due to abundant water inflow. As a result, record power generation is taking place at hydropower stations. From Gujarat's renowned dams such as Ukai, Kadana, and Sardar Sarovar, 1067.3 million units (MU) of electricity were generated in August 2024 compared to 308.7 million units in July 2024. Sardar Sarovar Dam, critical to addressing Gujarat's water issues, achieved electricity ...Read More

Water level situation of major dams in Gujarat as of 10 AM today

August 29, 2024
Water level situation of major dams in Gujarat as of 10 AM today

Narmada: With nearly 110% of average monsoon rainfall recorded as of this morning, some major dams in Gujarat are witnessing a good inflow of water. Sardar Sarovar Dam, the state's largest dam, is 85.36% full with an inflow of over 2.7 lakh cusecs, and downstream discharge from the dam has been reduced to 1.9 lakh cusecs into the river and 18,000 cusecs into the canal. Ukai, the second-largest dam, is 77.52% full and at 102.17 meters, which is above the rule level of 102.11 meters. Due to thi...Read More

4 lakh cusecs+ discharge from Narmada dam; Kadana 70%+ full; Updates of dams in Gujarat at 3 pm

August 26, 2024
4 lakh cusecs+ discharge from Narmada dam; Kadana 70%+ full; Updates of dams in Gujarat at 3 pm

Narmada: As of 3 PM on Monday, there is over 4 lakh cusecs of discharge from the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam, the largest dam in Gujarat. The number of gates opened has increased to 23, up from 15 that were open at 9 AM. Meanwhile, over 2.4 lakh cusecs of water is being released from the second-largest dam, Ukai, which has 15 gates open as of 3 PM. Kadana, the state’s third-largest dam, is over 70 percent full and is getting further richer lately with an inflow of over 2.4 lakh cusecs. The S...Read More

At noon on last day of June, Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam 52% full, Ukai 32%

June 30, 2024
At noon on last day of June, Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam 52% full, Ukai 32%

Gandhinagar: At noon on 30 June today, Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam in Gujarat was 52.01% full wiwth 4,920.54 MCM water storage and 120.01 m level. Gujarat's second largest Ukai dam was 32.16% full with 2,384 MCM storage at 93.16 m level against full level of 105.16 m. 800 cusecs water was being released against same inflow from upstream. Gujarat's third largest Kadana dam was 38.21 percent full with 477.37 mcm storage at 118.19 m level against full level of 127.72 m. Against 120 cusecs infl...Read More

Tapi and Kadana set to achieve 100 percent storage finally

September 17, 2023
Tapi and Kadana set to achieve 100 percent storage finally

Gandhinagar: Thanks to very heavy rains in neighboring Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Gujarat's all three largest dams - Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam, Ukai dam over river Tapi and Kadana dam over Mahisagar are set to achieve 100 percent storage. There were worries regarding low storage at Tapi and Kadana this year, however the latest round of rains and subsequent heavy inflows have ensured that both these dams shall get 100 percent storage, giving year-long relief to respective regions and benefi...Read More

Birsa Munda statue vandalized at Kadana Dam

September 25, 2022
Birsa Munda statue vandalized at Kadana Dam

Gandhinagar: Ahead of the State assembly election which is likely to take place in December this year, there are apparent attempts to disturb the atmosphere in the State. So many agitations of government employees have popped up recently to fill the air with negativity regarding the government, for which political triggering is believed to be responsible. On Sunday, tribal leader Birsa Munda's statue was found vandalized by unknown persons at Kadana dam in tribal belt of Mahisagar district....Read More

Heavy outflow from Kadana and Wanakbori: Police bandobast deployed at Galteshwar bridge

August 24, 2022
Heavy outflow from Kadana and Wanakbori: Police bandobast deployed at Galteshwar bridge

Gandhinagar; There has been a heavy discharge of water from Kadana dam in the downstream river bed. At 1.00 am today the outflow was over 2.11 lakh cusecs against inflow of over 2.37 lakh cusecs. At 9 am today it is over 99,000 cusecs against inflow of over 1 lakh. Wanakbori dam had at 9 am today over 1.66 lakh cusecs outflow against over 1.67 lakh cusecs inflow at 9 am today. Wanakbori is 100 per cent full of its capacity. Kadana is around 90 per cent full. Meanwhile in the wake of the ...Read More

Level further rise at Ukai, Kadana and Sardar Sarovar dams

September 27, 2021
Level further rise at Ukai, Kadana and Sardar Sarovar dams

Gandhinagar: At 12 noon today, 96,053 cusecs outflow was recorded from Ukai dam in River Tapi while 1100 cusecs outflow in canal. 44,769 cusecs inflow was recorded from upstream. The dam is 93.25 per cent full and set to achieve full level with present water level at 104.30 m against full reservoir level of 105.16 m. Ukai is Gujarat's second largest dam and the present level of water storage in Ukai is greater than that in Gujarat's largest dam Sardar Sarovar. Gujarat's third largest Kadana ...Read More

Water storage at Sardar Sarovar crosses 60 per cent mark; Ukai and Kadana above 90 per cent

September 26, 2021
Water storage at Sardar Sarovar crosses 60 per cent mark; Ukai and Kadana above 90 per cent

Gandhinagar: In more good news, Gujarat's largest dam Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam had fresh inflow of water from upstream areas, thanks to which the water storage crossed 60 per cent mark by 8 pm on Sunday. The dam is designed for 9460 MCM gross storage, against which there was 5677.09 MCM storage at 8 pm. The level was 124.19 m against full reservoir level of 138.68 m. There was 40,546 cusecs inflow at 8 pm. 617 cusecs water was released in river while 1981 cusecs in canals. Gujarat's second...Read More