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Saurashtra, Kutch flooded

Communication, transport hit, lake water enters Bhuj city, light disrupted. 104 out of 200 dams put on high alert in Gujarat.

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Heavy rains lashed Saurashtra and Kutch region on Tuesday with Kalyanpur taluka in Jamnagar district receiving 298 mm rainfall in a single day. If this was not enough, Sani dam in same taluka started leaking after one of the sluice gate was damaged. Nearly 10,000 cusec water is coming out of the dam due to the leak and nine villages downstream are facing flood-like situation.

The villagers, who were affected as a result of the breach in Sani dam, called the executive engineer and his staff to the dam site and then assaulted them. The irate mob also damaged their vehicle, police said. Talking about the fault in the Sani dam, chief engineer of Saurashtra region for state water resources department CV Nadpara said, “The technical fault occurred when the guarder of the clinker rod between gate number 15 and 16 got separated. Our team of technical experts has reached the spot.

Such incidents are rare. In fact, all 17 gates of the dam were repaired in June 2011. But primarily it seems that this fault was not detected at that time.”
The dam was repaired at a cost of Rs1 crore, and following the incident, the irrigation department has been asked to repair the gate on priority.

Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rainfall made life difficult in Kutch and Saurashtra region. The heavy rainfall led to overflow in Hamirsar Lake on Tuesday which added to the misery of Bhuj residents.

The overflowing water from Hamirsar Lake entered the city creating chaos among residents. All traffic leading to Bhuj was blocked and disrupted due to heavy rain in other parts of Kutch district.

Kutch collector M Thennasaran said, “Three thousand people have been evacuated from low-lying areas like Bhanushalinagar, Umednagar and Sanskar colony as rain water entered their houses. We have taken all precautionary measures,” he said,
Thennasaran said the water level started receding after rains stopped in the early evening. “We expect water to recede completely by night if there is no further rain,” he said. Meanwhile, all school, colleges, government offices and other vital installations in Kutch remained closed on Tuesday. The paramilitary forces and fire brigade staff were put on high alert due to the rain.  Heavy rains across the state kept authorities on their toes, as out of 200 dams in the state, 104 dams are already on ‘high alert’ and 18 others have been put on ‘alert’ due to higher inflow of water.    

(With DV Maheshwari in Bhuj) 

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