Maithon and Panchet (Dam) have started releasing water slowly as they could not hold the excess rain water. (Durgapur) Barrage has also started releasing water.
Highlights
- Due to continuous rain, water has started flowing from Maithon and Panchet.
- 8,275 cusecs of water was released from Durgapur Barrage till 8 pm on Friday.
- The Maithon reservoir area has received 203 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
At this time, Asansol and Durgapur: Due to continuous rains, water started flowing from Maithon and Panchet. This has also affected Durgapur Barrage.
8,275 cusecs of water was released from Durgapur Barrage till 8 pm on Friday. Without so much water in one day, some parts of East Burdwan, Hooghly and Howrah are in danger of being submerged. However, officials of the Irrigation Department said that there is nothing to worry about now.
The Maithon reservoir area has received 203 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Which is a record in the 70-year history of DVC. According to DVC sources, a maximum of 1 lakh cusecs of water has entered the Maithon reservoir in the last 24 hours. Although 7500 cusecs of water has been released from Maithon. The discharge from Panchet reservoir is 14500 cusecs.
As of Friday afternoon, the water level in the Maithon Reservoir was 463 feet and in the Panche 413 feet. The Maithon reservoir has a storage capacity of up to 495 feet. The panche can hold water up to 435 feet. In the current situation, if the rains subside, a huge amount of water will not have to be released from Maithon, said Satyabrata Banerjee, the then Chief Engineer (Civil). In addition, the meteorological department said the rains would decrease from Saturday onwards. The situation will become normal.
Not much water was released from Tenughat which could come to Panche. Since an average of 100,000 cusecs of rainwater entered the Maithon reservoir in the 24 hours from Thursday morning to Friday morning, 6,500 cusecs of water had to be released.
Why did you have to release so much water from Durgapur Barrage?
There are several reasons for this. Water has reached Durgapur Barrage except from Maithon and Panchet reservoirs. This has increased the water pressure. Apart from this, the area from those two reservoirs to Durgapur Barrage, mainly in West Burdwan, has received heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours. That rain water has mixed with the water of the barrage. In the section from the two reservoirs to Durgapur, the Garui river of Asansol, the Tamla canal of Durgapur and the water of Bankura have raised the water level of Damodar.
In addition to this, the gate of Durgapur Barrage collapsed on October 30 last year and it was completely dehydrated for repairs. Later the water is kept in the barrage step by step. The water required for industry and cultivation was stored. The water had to be released from Durgapur after being forced to mix water from many fields with that water.
Sanjay Singh, Durgapur official of the Irrigation Department, said, “The water holding capacity of Durgapur Barrage is 496 acre feet. This amount of water is kept here for industry and agriculture. As soon as there is extra water, it starts without it. 'Starting from Durgapur without water step by step from Friday morning. 8,265 cusecs of water was released from there till 8 pm. The release of this amount of water could inundate several areas in the Lower Damodar Valley. It will affect Silampur in Kankasar, Jamalpur in Burdwan and Udaynarayanpur in Howrah. But now there is nothing to worry about, the irrigation officials said.
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