Vadodara: The water level in the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam reservoir, situated in Kevadiya of Narmada district in central Gujarat has seen a significant rise of 37 cm in a day due to increased inflow caused by heavy rain in the catchment areas of the river in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

The water level has reached the highest of this monsoon so far at 122.09 meter at 1 pm today and is still rising as the inflow was over four times more than the inflow speed.

An official at the Narmada flood control unit in Vadodara today said that the water level was at 121.72 m at 5am yesterday.

‘The inflow increased since then mainly due to rain in the catchment areas. The inflow at 1 pm today was 23028 cusec which was over four times the outflow of 5058 cusec. The water level is rising. It is now 17 cm above the earlier overflow mark of 121. 92 m,’ he informed.

The live storage of this all important reservoir which is termed as the life-line of the water supply in this western state has also increased to 1596.64 Million Cubic Meter (MCM) which was over 27% of the total live storage capacity of the reservoir.

An official of the SSNNL said that there was enough water for meeting the drinking and other domestic needs of the around 167 towns and more than 10000 villages that depend on our water supply.

The overflow mark of the dam has been raised from 121.92 to 138.48 after the installation and closure of 30 sluice gates in 2017.

DeshGujarat