As per the report of an official an alert has been sounded in the low-lying downstreams areas of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada following huge flow of water from Madhya Pradesh.
They said the alert was sounded on late Saturday in Tilakwada and Nandod taluks of the district and some taluks of Vadodara and Bharuch district after water began overflowing.
District officials had been asked to remain alerted as the dam was overflowing due to the inflow from upstream, which was around 3 lakhs cusecs since Saturday night.
Officials said that on Sunday morning, the inflow had decreased and the dam was overflowing at 126.90 m.
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Managing Director S. Jagdeesan said on Sunday that meanwhile, the 1,450 MW power stations at the dam site started generating power at their full installed capacity for th first time this monsoon due to the inflow of water.
News reported by AR for News Vision
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