In the wake of heavy rains in Bhopal, Upper Lake, Kaliyasot Dam and Bhadbhada have overflowed, while the gates of Kolar Dam have also been opened.
Now only Kerwa Dam is such, which is 30 percent empty. The gates of Kerwa Dam will also open after 1-2 days of heavy rains in the catchment area and Sehore district. All the gates of Bhadbhada Dam were closed on Saturday. This happened due to no rain in the catchment area of Upper Lake.
Light rain occurred in Bhopal on Saturday. Due to heavy rains, 181 government schools of Berasia and Phanda were closed on Saturday. However, many private schools of Bhopal also gave leave to lower classes of the school.
So far, more than 28 inches of rainfall has been reported in Bhopal, which is 75 percent of the season. Heavy rains started from Thursday night itself, which continued throughout the day on Friday. Due to this, a water logging situation arose in many areas. At the same time, good water also came in the water sources.
After the gates of Kaliyasot dam were opened, the Kaliyasot river overflowed, 20 families of Samardha Tola on the river bank were shifted to a school. Every year, houses get flooded here.
Kolar Fire Officer Pankaj Khare said, the drain culvert in Pipaliya Kesho village was also overflowing at night. Due to this, 6 members of 2 families were rescued. Kolar SDM Ravi Shankar Rai and other officers were present on the spot.
On Friday, all 13 gates of Kaliyasot dam were opened. Actually, as soon as the water level in the Upper Lake came to 1666.80 feet, one gate of Bhadbhada dam was opened. By 6 pm, 6 out of 11 gates were opened. Five gates were closed late at night. However, 7 gates remained open on Saturday. Some gates may be closed on Sunday.
Kaliyasot Dam in-charge Nitin Kuhikar said that the water level in the dam is being maintained at 502.22 meters. Therefore, after maintaining this much water, the rest of the water is being released through the gate. Kerwa Dam is currently about 30 percent empty.
Four out of 8 gates of Kolar Dam near Bhopal have also been opened. All the gates were opened by a total of 7 meters.
Dam in-charge Harsha Jainwal said that it is raining continuously in the catchment area. Due to this, the water in Kolar Dam is also increasing. Therefore, four gates were opened. After the rain stopped, the inflow of water was reduced. Now water is being released from two gates.