8 gates of Kota Barrage Dam opened as a result of heavy rains
Rajasthan News: This time there was report breaking rainfall in Rajasthan. Flood-like situations occurred in lots of districts and water got here up in lots of rivers after years. Even amid the departure of monsoon, heavy rains have been recorded in lots of areas of the state. Due to heavy rains in Chambal catchment space of Kota, 8 gates of Kota Barrage Dam of Chambal Irrigation Project needed to be opened and water needed to be drained into Chambal river.
Gandhi Sagar Dam full of rain in MP
Monsoon season has nearly stopped within the state, however with the onset of monsoon it’s raining in Madhya Pradesh. Due to which there was influx of water in Gandhi Sagar Dam and it overflowed. After which water was drained by opening three gates of Gandhi Sagar, the biggest dam constructed on Chambal river. Due to which water can be coming into Jawahar Sagar Rana Pratap Sagar. However, the excellent news is that adequate quantity of water has are available in all of the dams, as a result of which farmers will have the ability to get adequate water for irrigation within the coming time.
Opened 8 gates and took out 70 thousand cusecs of water
Due to rain in Chambal catchment space, water began flowing into Kota Barrage additionally. After which about 70 thousand cusecs of water is being drained by opening 8 gates of the dam. Till now this 12 months, a considerable amount of water had not been withdrawn from the Kota Barrage, as a result of water had not been withdrawn from different dams together with Gandhi Sagar constructed on the Chambal River. Due to which water didn’t come into Kota Barrage and water was additionally not drained.
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