Two of the total 11 sluice gates of Bhadbhada Dam were opened in the early morning hours on Saturday after the water level touched the
The gates were opened one by one by Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma to let the excess rainwater outflow into Kaliyasot reservoir.
After water level reached 1666.80 feet at around 1 in the night on Friday , the officials of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) decided to open one gate and within five minutes second gate was opened.
To take stock of the situation District Collector Tarun Pithode and BMC Commissioner Vijay Dutta visited dam and were present at the time of opening of Bhadbhada gates.
Bhopal residents looked enthusiastic about the opening of the Bhadbhada gate. To witness the spectacular view of the opening of the dam gates and water gushing through the gates with incredible force thousands of people reached the dam. Before the gate was opened, a warning siren was sounded at around 6 am to alert the residents downstream.
Earlier in the year 2017 gates were opened of Bhadbhada dam.
The level in Upper lake said the water level has increased due to heavy showers in the catchments area of the lake. The gates were closed at around 11 am.
This year the level of dam dipped below dead storage which raised concerns and now after only 33 days of rainfall in the season dam has reached full water level tank and apart from this the average rainfall of the season has been recorded above the normal average rainfall.