As heat rises, SSNNL releases 20,000 cusecs water into main canal of Narmada dam
On Wednesday, SSNNL released 21,000 cusecs of water — the highest volume so far — as the average release has been around 10,000 cusecs from March-end.
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Representational Image With a rise in demand for irrigation water owing to summer, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) has begun releasing close to 20,000 cusecs of water into the main canal of the Narmada dam.
On Wednesday, SSNNL released 21,000 cusecs of water — the highest volume so far — as the average release has been around 10,000 cusecs from March-end.
The current water level of the Narmada dam is at 120 metres with an inflow of about 10,000 cusecs from upstream dams in Madhya Pradesh. The current live storage of Sardar Sarovar is at 1,336 Million Cubic Metres (MCM) — 23 per cent of the total live storage. Along with its dead storage, the dam is about 58 per cent full, officials said.
SSNNL officials told The Indian Express that outflow from the main canal has been increased due to the state government’s directive following a decision to provide irrigation water to farmers. “The government has decided to provide irrigation water in summer and the release is as per the requirement. In order to keep the entire network of the canals of Sardar Sarovar working, we also need to release water to ensure that it reaches the tail-end of the network, although there has been no specific demand from the region. We also have to consider the evaporation losses due to summer and the water has been released accordingly.”
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