The district administrations of Ahmedabad and Vadodara issued a flood warning on Thursday due to the release of water from various dams for heavy rainfall.
Residents living downstream of the Vasna barrage should be aware that water may be released into the Sabarmati River-Narmada Canal network on Friday.
Regarding Vadodara, the administration issued a warning to the general public to keep clear of the Narmada River’s banks as well as a directive to the Shinor, Dabhoi, and Karjan administrative bodies to exercise caution as 55,000 cusecs of water were being released downstream from the Riverbed Powhouse (RBPH) of the Sardar Sarovar dam.
For the first time this season, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) is anticipated to open the radial gates of the dam, releasing a total of 1.45 lakh cusecs of water by noon on August 12.
The dam was 80 per cent full with water level and just six metres short of Full Reservoir Level of 138.68 metres on Thursday.
In Tapi, Ukai Dam authorities have started discharging over 1.81 lakhs cusecs of water since Thursday morning. Ten gates of the dam have been kept open and on Thursday evening, the water level in the Ukai dam was 334.56 feet, against the danger level of 345 feet.