Narmada: The Sardar Sarovar Dam, the largest dam in Gujarat and the lifeline of the state, has achieved 95% of its capacity. As of 1 PM today, the dam holds 9,051.90 MCM of water, reaching 95.69% of its gross storage capacity. With heavy rainfall in the dam’s catchment area and upstream in Madhya Pradesh, the dam is receiving substantial inflow of 2,78,438 cusecs, while releasing 1,95,396 cusecs into the river and 22,704 cusecs into the canal network. The dam’s 10 gates have been partially o...Read More

Narmada: With nearly 99% of average monsoon rainfall recorded across Gujarat as of this morning, the state’s major dams are showing robust water storage levels. As per the latest data at 12 noon, the Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat’s largest dam, has a present gross storage of 8,667.5 million cubic meters (MCM), equating to 91.62% of its design capacity. The dam is witnessing an inflow of over 2.5 lakh cusecs, against which more than 3.8 lakh cusecs is being discharged downstream into the river...Read More

Narmada: At 11 am today, 23 gates of the state’s largest dam, the Sardar Sarovar Dam, were opened for water releases of over 4.7 lakh cusecs as the dam reached 91.07% of its capacity. Considered the lifeline of Gujarat, the dam built on the Narmada River has a gross storage capacity of 8,614.80 million cubic metres (MCM) against its designed storage of 9,460 MCM, with the water level standing at 135.98 metres compared to the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 138.68 metres. Heavy rainfall in the N...Read More

Narmada: At 6 pm today, the largest dam in the state, the Sardar Sarovar Dam, crossed its 90% capacity. Considered the lifeline of Gujarat, the dam built on the Narmada River has gross storage of 8,515.6 million cubic metres (MCM), with a designed storage of 9,460 MCM, reaching 90.02% of its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 138.68 metres. Heavy rainfall in the Narmada Basin catchment areas, combined with continuous releases from the Indirasagar and Omkareshwar dams in Madhya Pradesh, led to inflow...Read More

Narmada: The water level of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam has been rising continuously over the past few days due to heavy inflows from upstream. To manage the situation, 15 gates of the dam have been opened up to 1.85 metres as of 3 pm today, releasing 2.45 lakh cusecs of water into the Narmada river. In the past 24 hours ending 3 pm, the water level has risen by 13 cm. The maximum water level capacity of the Narmada Dam is 138.68 metres, while the current level has reached 136.74 metres, whi...Read More

Kevadia: With an inflow of over 2 lakh cusecs, five gates of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat’s largest dam, have been opened by 1.4 meters to release water downstream. Over 95,000 cusecs are being discharged into the river, along with an additional 10,000 cusecs released into the canal. This follows the release of 1.52 lakh cusecs from Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar Dam after heavy rainfall in the upper regions. The Sardar Sarovar, considered the lifeline of Gujarat, is nearing full capacity,...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today announced that it has finalized the regulations for merging and transferring the resettlement colonies under the Sardar Sarovar Rehabilitation Agency to their original villages. As per the official release, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved the procedural framework for integrating the Narmada colonies with local gram panchayats. According to the decision, a total of 127 Narmada resettlement colonies across 26 talukas in the districts of Ahmeda...Read More

Surat: As of 6 am today, the state of Gujarat has completed 46.89% of its average monsoon rainfall, having received 413.52 mm of rain. According to data from the State Emergency Operation Centre, 15 talukas in the state have received over 1,000 mm of rainfall, while 42 talukas have received between 500 mm to 1,000 mm. Region-wise, in terms of the percentage of average monsoon rainfall, Kutch has received the highest amount with 56% completion, followed by South Gujarat at 51.12%. Saurashtra, ...Read More