Gandhinagar: Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) has today issued a statement in regard to the ongoing controversy on the recent flood situation in Bharuch. Following is the translation of the Gujarati statement released by SSNNL: Narmada basin is an example of coordinated management of various reservoirs. Sardar Sarovar is the last terminal dam on Narmada river, and therefore it has to face the tail-end syndrome because whenever there's release of water from upstream main dams such as O...Read More

Bharuch: With Narmada river waters touching 40 ft level at Golden bridge, way above the 24 ft danger mark, some areas of Ankleshwar are water logged as high as the first floor of the houses. In the residential societies at Hansot road and Diva road, water logging upto first floor of houses could be seen. The area is low lying and the rise in Narmada river's level causes trouble here. The video presented here is from Dhanlakshmi society. It's worth noting that due to consistent and h...Read More

Update: Over 9600 shifted, over 200 rescued Over 9,600 shifted, over 200 rescued in flood situation in Gujarat today: Govt pic.twitter.com/8s4tKoqZ7t— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) September 17, 2023 _________________________________________ Bharuch: At 12 noon today, the level of water at Golden bridge in Bharuch was 32.38 ft, well above the danger mark of 24 ft. According to the district collector of Bharuch, nearly 2,000 persons and 210 cattle were shifted to safer places in ...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a very good news for Gujarat and Gujaratis across the world, the State's lifeline Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has achieved 100 percent storage of water during 4 to 5 am today. The dam responsible for drinking water needs of majority areas of Gujarat in addition to irrigation requirements has designed  gross storage capacity of 9460 MCM. At 5 am today the storage in the dam was in match with this figure.  The highest level of water in the dam is 138.68 m which is achieved duri...Read More

Bharuch: The areas of Bharuch may witness flood-like situations as over 17.50 lakh cusecs water has been released from the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam post 4 am. The water level at Golden Bridge which is located between Bharuch and Ankleshwar over river Narmada has crossed the danger mark of 24 ft post 4.30 am. As of 5 am, the level is above 25 ft and rising speedily. The warning level of 22 ft was crossed earlier. Typically in the case of the level of 30 ft, there will be a situation in which a ...Read More

Update post 4 am: 17.42 lakh cusecs water released from Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam as of 4 a.m. against an inflow of 19.53 lakh cusecs. The dam is 99.93% full at 138.66 m level against the highest 138.68 m. Gujarat CM to visit the dam at 8.00 am to celebrate the full level of the dam which is considered Gujarat's lifeline.   Four gates of Kadana dam in Mahisagar district opened for the release of over 56,000 cusecs of water post 4 am today against the inflow of over 7.77 lakh cus...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat's lifeline Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam is now over 75 percent full. At 2.00 pm today, the level of water at Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam is 131.12 m against full reservoir level of 138.68 m. The dam is 75.89 percent full. Against designed storage of 9460 MCM, the present storage is 7179.19 MCM. The dam is witnessing nearly 72,000 cusecs inflow from upstream. In another development, Dharoi dam has achieved rule level prescribed for 1st September with 88.59 percent storage. Th...Read More

Gandhinagar: Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam in Gujarat is now above 60% full. The level of water in Narmada dam at 11.00 am today (13th July 2023) is 60.51% full with the present water level at 11.00 am at 124.45 meters against the full reservoir level of 138.68%. Against the designed gross storage of 9460 MCM, the present gross storage is 5724.19 MCM. Last year on the same date and at the same time, the Sardar Sarovar dam was not even 50% full. It was 48.05% full only. Heavy inflow of 58,8...Read More

Rajkot: Bhadar II dam in Saurashtra has achieved rule leel of 52 meter, following which, the surplus water in the size of nearly 16,000 cusecs is being discharged in downstream of river Bhadar. The full reservoir level in this dam is 53.10 meter. It is 81.11 percent full at present. Another dam that has almost touched the rule level is Und-1 which is 96.37 meter full against rule level of 97 meter and full level of 98 meter. Und-1 is at present 16.25 percent full. Among the major dams, Sar...Read More

Statue of Unity: PM Narendra Modi while addressing a two-day national conference of Environment ministers at Statue of Unity fame Ekta Nagar in Gujarat today attacked Urban Naxals who obstructed crucial Sardar Sarovar project for years. PM also said that such people also get political support and they also influence the World Bank and higher judiciary. The PM said - "I want to discuss an important point. You know that without modern infrastructure, the nation can't process and life can't be ...Read More