Madhya Pradesh to release water from Indirasagar to Sardar Sarovar today
According to officials, the water released from Indirasagar will arrive in the Sardar Sarovar Dam a day later, through Omkareshwar (OSP) Dam in Madhya Pradesh.
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The development comes even as the Sardar Sarovar Project in Narmada crossed the 125-metre mark Monday due to heavy rainfall.Amid incessant rainfall, the Indirasagar Dam (ISP) authorities in Madhya Pradesh has alerted that they would start releasing 9,252 cumec (3.32 lakh cusec) of water on Tuesday by opening eight gates of the largest reservoir of the country.
According to officials, the water released from Indirasagar will arrive in the Sardar Sarovar Dam a day later, through Omkareshwar (OSP) Dam in Madhya Pradesh. The development comes even as the Sardar Sarovar Project in Narmada crossed the 125-metre mark Monday due to heavy rainfall.
Both ISP and OSP have been generating hydropower to release water from their reservoirs. On Monday, Sardar Sarovar recorded a level of 125.07 metres with an inflow of 92,148 cusecs. Six turbines of the Riverbed Powerhouse of the Sardar Sarovar are currently operating in 12-hour cycles to produce hydropower, while two turbines of the Canal Head Power house are also operational.
An average inflow of about 95,000 cusecs from upstream Narmada dam has been recorded since mid-July, taking the level up by about five centimetres a day, SSNNL officials said. Currently, the Sardar Sarovar basin has about 2,101.02 million cusecs of water, which is about 60 per cent of the dam’s capacity.
On Monday, the Gujarat government said in a release that 47 of the 206 other dams in Gujarat had been completely filled, leading to a high alert sounded in the respective areas. Close to 10 dams are filled over 90 per cent capacity and are on high alert, while 38 dams are over 70 per cent full with warning alerts.
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