350 MCM more water to flow into Ukai dam

SURAT: Additional 350 Million Cubic Meters (MCM) of water is likely to flow into Ukai dam on river Tapi in next 36 hours. This will increase the water capacity to 2,150 MCM.
It was estimated that nearly 1,800 MCM of water would flow in the Ukai dam on Wednesday which would swell dam levels to nearly 322 feet. However, with additional water inflow in the reservoir, dam levels are likely to reach 325 feet.The rule level for dam is fixed at 332 feet.
AD Kanani, superintending engineer, Surat irrigation circle said, "Nearly 810 MCM of water has already flown in. Hathnoor dam authorities have discharged 1,580 MCM of water till now. We expect dam levels to cross 325 feet by the end of this spell of rain."
On Thursday at 6.00PM, inflow in reservoir was pegged at 5,22,589 cusecs whereas levels at Dam were reported at 316.21 feet. However, rains in upstream areas of Tapi river in Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra have stopped and release from Hathnoor dam has also reduced to nearly 2.25 lakh cusecs against 4.5 lakh of Wednesday.