ukai dam

Taking lessons from the devastating floods that caused havoc in the city in 2006, the authorities have decided to equip ukai dam with satellite-based telemetry system.

The catchment areas of Tapi river had received good rain in the past two days which has resulted in a sustained flow of water into ukai dam here.

The inflow of water into ukai dam at the rate of 1.30 lakh cusecs has both irrigation department and ukai dam authorities worried.

Upper catchments of ukai dam on Tapi river received first showers of monsoon in last 24 hours. Even parts of Surat city received small showers during the time.

Central water resource commission (CWC) has started land survey in up stream of ukai dam of Tapi river to set up four more gauge stations .

Good rain in upper catchments of Tapi river led to substantial increase in inflow of water to ukai dam on Wednesday morning.

ukai dam and entire south Gujarat is set to get a new lease of life with heavy water inflow likely to begin by Wednesday night.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) in its Sunday bulletin had forecast an inflow of 900 million cubic meter (MCM) of water into ukai dam in the next 48 hours.

The ukai dam authorities have started to release about one lakh cusecs of water from the dam into the downstream of Tapi following consistent inflow in the river's catchment areas in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh due to heavy rainfall in the neighbouring states.

Water level at ukai dam at 6pm on Friday was 329.28 feet, very close to the rule level of 335 feet, wiping out worries regarding water shortage in Surat. Increased inflow is due to heavy rainfall in middle and lower basins of Tapi River from where the water directly flows into Ukai reservoir

The Tapi river through the Diamond City will be flowing bank-to-bank from Monday late evening with the release of 1.75 lakh cusecs water from the ukai dam

Devotees in the diamond city were upbeat as the ukai dam authorities released around 40000 cusecs of water in Tapi river to facilitate the smooth immersion of Ganesha idols from the river ghats

ukai dam authorities have decided to retain more water in reservoir this year for irrigation purpose as there was no inflow from the upper catchment areas.

As the Tapi river swelled further following inflow from ukai dam, water entered a few low-lying areas of Rander. Some encroachment on the bank of the river near Chowk Bazaar too got submerged.

Tapi river passing through the city was flowing bank-to-bank following the increase in water discharged from the Ukai reservoir since Tuesday morning.According to officials at the ukai dam on river Tapi, the discharge till Tuesday evening had increased to 1.95 lakh cusecs.

The ukai dam authorities have started to discharge 200,000 cusecs of water from 4pm on Friday as they expect 700 million cubic metre (MCM) of water to flow into the reservoir in the next 24 to 36 hours.

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.

With 450 to 500 Million Cubic Metre (MCM) of water likely to flow in ukai dam in the coming 36 to 48 hours from the upstream of river Tapi, dam authorities have started releasing 1.6 lakh cusecs of water from 5 pm on Thursday. This discharge is likely to continue for another 12 -16 hours.

ukai dam authorities have reduced the water discharge rate to 60,000 cusecs from 2.00 pm on Monday from the earlier 1.

As constant inflow of water to the tune of 4.5 laky Cusecs continued from up stream, levels at ukai dam crossed 320 feet at 12pm on Friday.

Two lakh cusecs of water continued to be released from ukai dam for the second consecutive day on Friday.Authorities may release water from the dam at the same rate on Saturday too.

Miscalculation on the part of Central Water Commission (CWC) in estimating the water inflow into ukai dam could have proved costly for the Diamond City.

It will be for the first time in last seven years that ukai dam will be filled to its optimum capacity of 345 feet at the end of the monsoon.