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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Water crisis: Thanks to Madhya Pradesh, Narmada dam level stays steady -Aditi Raja

Water crisis: Thanks to Madhya Pradesh, Narmada dam level stays steady -Aditi Raja

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published Published on Apr 5, 2018   modified Modified on Apr 5, 2018
-The Indian Express

The dam, which was at 105.5 metres on March 15, when the SSNNL stopped the supply for irrigation, rose to 105.75 metres on March 22 due to a significant inflow of water from Madhya Pradesh for four days between March 18 and 22.

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Nearly two weeks after the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) ceased supply of irrigation water from the Narmada Dam to preserve the dead storage for drinking water supply, intermittent inflow of water from the reservoirs in Madhya Pradesh has ensured that the level in the Narmada Dam is steady.

The dam, which was at 105.5 metres on March 15, when the SSNNL stopped the supply for irrigation, rose to 105.75 metres on March 22 due to a significant inflow of water from Madhya Pradesh for four days between March 18 and 22.

The current water level in the dam level (Tuesday, April 3) was 105.36 metres or 3,083 million cubic metres.
 
Since March 18, this year, the Narmada Dam has received a total of 58,240 cusecs of water from Madhya Pradesh, mainly due to the release of water from the generation of power in the Indira Sagar reservoir and the Omkareshwar reservoir in the neighbouring state.

Of this, Madhya Pradesh released 27,807 cusecs of water for over four days between March 18 and 22. According to SSNNL officials, the average water received from the neighbouring state is about 1,800 cusecs per day.

A technical projection by the Narmada Control Authority, which decides the distribution of the Narmada water between the states, estimates that the level in Narmada Dam will rise to 108.82 metres by mid-April. SSNNL officials, however, dismiss the projection as a mere ‘math calculation’.

“These projections are made based on the math calculations of the water released from Madhya Pradesh when their reservoirs generate power. It is unlikely that the level will rise by such a huge amount within a matter of two weeks. These projections are only technical data. Even with a steady inflow of water from Madhya Pradesh, the rise in the water level will not be more than a few centimetres,” said a senior SSNNL official.

While the intermittent inflow has helped the level of the Narmada Dam remain steady, officials say that in the event that MP does not release any more water until June, the reservoir would further reduce by about 2.5 metres without any shortfall in supply of drinking water.

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The Indian Express, 4 April, 2018, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/water-crisis-thanks-to-madhya-pradesh-narmada-dam-level-stays-steady-5122488/


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