BBMB to regulate water flow of three key rivers

  • | Tuesday | 25th September, 2018

PATIALA: With incessant rainfall in the region for the past two days, the Bhakra Beas Management Board ( BBMB ) has decided to regulate the water of Ravi, Beas and Satluj rivers as the authorities have issued a red alert.The BBMB has asked all its top functionaries to ensure that round-the-clock vigil is maintained. The board has decided to open the floodgates at Pong and Ranjit Sagar dams. Chief engineer at the Bhakra Dam, Sanjeev Kumar Suri, said as on Monday the water level was recorded at 1,655.49 feet against 1,651.25 feet on September 20.He said the dam could still stock up plenty of water before the need to open the floodgates is felt. As per the protocol, the slip gates are opened when the water level reaches 527.91 m. Initially, only two to three spill gates are opened but if the water continues to flow in, all seven gates can also be opened to protect the dam structure.However, the situation at the Bhakra Dam was a little better. A warning was sounded to villagers in Dasuya, Tanda and Mukerian tehsils of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.Maximum reservoir level of Ranjit Sagar Dam is 526.65 metres while the current level was recorded at 525.69m on Monday evening just before the gates were opened.

PATIALA: With incessant rainfall in the region for the past two days, the Bhakra Beas Management Board ( BBMB ) has decided to regulate the water of Ravi, Beas and Satluj rivers as the authorities have issued a red alert.The BBMB has asked all its top functionaries to ensure that round-the-clock vigil is maintained. The board has decided to open the floodgates at Pong and Ranjit Sagar dams. Water level at Pong Dam was recorded at 1,385.12 feet on late Monday evening while on September 20, which is the end of the filing season, the water level was 1,376.71 feet.The dam has maximum capacity of 1,395 feet and the authorities resort to opening all floodgates in case the water reaches above that.BBMB’s Talwara station sounded a flood alert for the areas of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh along with the subdivisions of Fatehpur, Dehra Gopipur, Indora and Shahnehar division in Badukhar claiming that “due to high pattern of inflow in Pong reservoir and considering forecast of heavy rain in the Beas catchment area, extra water from Pong Dam can be released and all necessary steps be taken by all concerned to avoid any damage and loss of life and property in the downstream areas,” read the alert.Situation at the Ranjit Sagar Dam also called for regulatory measures and the board opened two gates to release extra water into Ravi. A warning was sounded to villagers in Dasuya, Tanda and Mukerian tehsils of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.Maximum reservoir level of Ranjit Sagar Dam is 526.65 metres while the current level was recorded at 525.69m on Monday evening just before the gates were opened. As per the protocol, the slip gates are opened when the water level reaches 527.91 m. Initially, only two to three spill gates are opened but if the water continues to flow in, all seven gates can also be opened to protect the dam structure.However, the situation at the Bhakra Dam was a little better. Chief engineer at the Bhakra Dam, Sanjeev Kumar Suri, said as on Monday the water level was recorded at 1,655.49 feet against 1,651.25 feet on September 20.He said the dam could still stock up plenty of water before the need to open the floodgates is felt. The dam can be filled up to its maximum storage capacity of 1,680 feet in a regulated manner.Meanwhile, BBMB chairman D K Sharma said the measures had to be taken to ensure the safety of the dam structures.“We have passed on the necessary information to the concerned officials in areas from where the rivers flow and precautionary measures are being taken,” he said.Rains to subsideMeanwhile, as per the weather interface released by the national weather forecasting centre of the India Metrological Department (IMD) said the widespread rains across the region that had been caused due to the deep depression that had been created over Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood about three days back. It said it was due to this low-pressure area, which was associated with cyclonic circulation extending up to 5.8 km above mean sea level that heavy rains had been witnessed across the region.Besides, the western disturbance as a trough in mid and upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 7.6km above mean sea level roughly over Punjab Haryana and Rajasthan is also persisting.The centre aid that a fresh feeble western disturbance is likely to affect the weather in the West Himalayan region from September 26, but the present rains are likely to subside in the region by early hours of Tuesday.

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