Saurashtra floods: Machhu dam overflows; 2,600 evacuated in Morbi
- | Sunday | 23rd July, 2017
RAJKOT: Overnight rains in Rajkot and Surendranagar districts resulted in flooding in many villages of Morbi district on Saturday , requiring evacuation of 2 ,600 people. Patel said that by Saturday evening the inflow into Machhu dams had decreased so they were releasing 95,000 cusecs of water. "We released 2.42 lakh cusecs of water from Machhu dam on Friday night as the inflow increased following heavy rains in Chotila and Than talukas of Surendranagar. This, because the rains from Rajkot and Surendranagar increased the inflow in Machhu-1and 2 dams All the gates of Machhu-1 dam were opened after it began overflowing, probably for the first time after 1979 floods. In Rajkot, the local fire brigade and state disaster response teams shifted more than 250 people to safer locations as river Aji swelled with fresh inflow of water.
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