 "Water in Sardar Sarovar dam touches highest 129.2 metre-mark")
Water level in the Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya in Narmada district today crossed the record 129.2 metre-mark and is expected to rise further owing to heavy rains in Narmada river catchment areas in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
According to N T Mathew, Executive Engineer of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNL), this is the first time that Narmada dam has started overflowing at this height.
Until now, the highest water level at the dam was 129.06 metres in 2012 and 127 metres in 2007, he said. The official said that the water level may breach the 129.8 metre mark anytime after this evening following release from Indirasagar dam, Omkareshwar dam and others in MP. Mathew said that the dam is overflowing because of heavy rains in catchment areas of MP.
According to N T Mathew, Executive Engineer of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNL), this is the first time that Narmada dam has started overflowing at this height.
Until now, the highest water level at the dam was 129.06 metres in 2012 and 127 metres in 2007, he said. The official said that the water level may breach the 129.8 metre mark anytime after this evening following release from Indirasagar dam, Omkareshwar dam and others in MP. Mathew said that the dam is overflowing because of heavy rains in catchment areas of MP.