KOTA:
Rivers in Hadoti region
are flowing in full spate following heavy rainfall in adjoining Madhya Pradesh.
Most of the rivers in Kota, Baran, Jhalawar and Bundi are overflowing as water is being released from
Gandhi Sagar dam
, Kota Barrage, Kalisindh and Rajgarh dams in Jhalawar. Meanwhile, the Kota district administration on Sunday night sounded alert in downstream areas of Chambal in Kota.
In view of inflow of around one lakh cusecs of water in Gandhi Sagar dam and to maintain the 1,306-foot level in the dam, around the same amount of water was bring released from Gandhi Sagar, superintendent engineer at Kota Barrage A D Ansari said.
With the opening of 40 gates, at least 28,000 cusecs, is being released from Kota Barrage, he said, adding that there is no sign of alarm around the downstream areas of the Chambal River. The release of water from Rana Pratap Dam was stopped on Monday and the gates of Kota Barrage are likely to be closed by Monday night, he further said.
Amid the possibility of rise in water level in Chambal River, public announcement was carried out in at least 12 colonies in the downstream area of Chambal, assistant fire officer at Kota Municipal Corporation (KMC), Devender Gautam said.
People in low lying areas of Nayapura, Patanpole, Gujarati Basti, Harijan Basti, Khandgawdi and Nanda Ki Bawdi were asked to move to safer places, he said, adding that people, however, did not leave their places.
The Jhalawar, Kalisindh, Rajgarh Dam and Chapi dams also witnessed constant rise in water levels in the last two days due to heavy rain in adjoining MP, however, Jhalawar district has so far recorded 729mm cumulative rainfall.
At least 22,055 cusecs of inflow was recorded in Kalisindh dam on Monday and 2,547 cusecs of water was released, junior engineer Prateek Baswal said. In Rajgarh dam, 2,525.86 cusecs was being released through one of its gates against the inflow of 3,601.96 cusecs, while 574.57 cusecs of water was being released from Chapi dam, he added.
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