Bargi Dam 17 gates opened

 

 

Heavy downpour on upstream of Narmada river since last three days surged the water level of Rani Avanti Bai Sagar Project ‘Bargi Dam’. Water discharging from the reservoir was being carried out from 9 gates till August 3 but following the incessant rains in catchment area, the dam authority was forced to open 8 more gates of the reservoir within 24-hours for maintaining average water level. Bargi Dam, Executive Engineer, Ajay Sure informed that pointing out the heavy inflow into the reservoir, Dam Administration started water discharging from the reservoir from 17 of the total 21 spillway gates for discharging 1.77 lakh cusec (5,031 cumec) from the opening height of 2.03 metre. Heavy water discharging from the reservoir leads to increase in the water level on downstream of the river from 10 to 12 feet.

 

It may be noted that water discharging from 9 gates of the reservoir was carried out till August 3, but 4 gates were opened at 1 pm and 4 more gates were opened at 6 pm on Sunday. The situation leads to surge in the level of Narmada river and routine life and commercial activities at the bank of river Narmada at Gwarighat, Tilwaraghat and Bhedaghat were completely abandoned due to the flooded river. Collectors, Superintendents of Police and other concerned departments of Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Sihore, Dewas, Harda, Khargon, Khandwa district have been informed for ensuring the implementation of necessary safety measures at banks of the river Narmada. Besides this, alert sirens were blown at the banks of river at Gwarighat, Tilwaraghat, Lametaghat and Bhedaghat in Jabalpur to alert the residents for maintaining safe distance from the flooded river.