23 gates of Sardar Sarovar dam opened
As many as 23 out of 30 gates of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam in Kevadia Colony were opened by Saturday to release 6.14 lakh cusec water as of 7 pm on Saturday. Additionally, the dam is also generating electricity at the Riverbed Powerhouse (RBPH) and Canal Head Powerhouse (CHPH). Several villages along the Narmada River have been put on alert in the districts of Narmada, Bharuch and Vadodara, Saturday.
The outflow of water through gates is 565000cusecs, RBPH is 33938cusec and CHPH is 15675 cusecs. The dam has an inflow of 5,02,322 cusecs. The gates of the dam were opened in a phased manner beginning late evening on Friday, when the first 10 gates opened to release 50,000 cusecs of water to maintain the balance with the upstream inflow from the Indirasagar and the Omkareshwar dams in Madhya Pradesh.
