gandhi sagar dam

After developing Hanuwantia, Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation Limited (MPSTDCL) is set to offer similar water sport activities at gandhi sagar dam in Mandsaur district. The corporation is all set to promote the island near the dam as another water tourism destination in the region.

A large crocodile was spotted on the gandhi sagar dam bridge in Ujjain on Saturday night, creating a stir among onlookers. Forest department employees swiftly responded, capturing the reptile with a rope. The crocodile, believed to have been driven onto the bridge due to increased water pressure from opened dam gates, was safely released back into the downstream area.

Under the first phase of the World Bank project -- Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP-1) – as many as 25 dams were strengthened and renovated between 2012 and 2020, with an investment of Rs 450 crore.

Huge volume of water released from gandhi sagar dam in Mandsaur wreaked havoc in the districts of Chambal in the downstream. The district administration in Sheopur sought the help of rescue team from army when the SDRF was already carrying a rescue operation. Several villages in the further down stream of Morena and Bhind are inundated.

Rivers in Hadoti region are flowing in full spate following heavy rainfall in adjoining Madhya Pradesh.

Five women drowned when a group of labourers tried to cross a submerged bridge in the backwaters of gandhi sagar dam in Mandsaur district on Sunday evening.A teenage girl and a man were rescued by locals.

A boat carrying four fisherman capsized in the gandhi sagar dam here in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh district on Tuesday late night.

With rains continuing to lash the state, dams in Hadauti (Kota, Bundi, Baran, Jalawar) are filled to the capacity.Kota district has witnessed 450 mm of rain till date, whereas the average monsoon is 800 mm.

A day after all the gates of gandhi sagar dam were opened in Kota, water inundated several areas near Chambal River on Sunday.

With gandhi sagar dam in Mandsaur spilling over, the areas downstream in Chambal district were flooded on Monday. Chambal is flowing several meters above the danger mark in the three districts of Sheopur, Morena and Bhind, breaking records of more than two decades.

Amidst the raging coronavirus, a new trend of tourism seems to have surfaced. Tourists are preferring short-distance travelling and brief stay out during the weekends. The pattern has emerged over the last few days when many tourist spots witnessed good turnout.

Four labourers were killed, while three others were critically injured when the car in which they were travelling, plunged down a culvert in Bhanpura area of Mandsaur district on Wednesday early morning.

Just as it looked that the second MoU for a river linking project may be signed for the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal, Madhya Pradesh has withdrawn consent for it saying it does not think it stands to benefit from the project.

Nonstop rain during last 48 hours has brought cheers to state as major reservoirs are brimming, with most rivers in spate and helping optimal generation of electricity through the hydro electric projects.

Thousands of birds of at least 225 species have found Mandsaur’s Gandhi Sagar area as their preferred home this season. Presence of such large number of species of birds has prompted district administration to explore ways to develop the area as a bird sanctuary.