Thanks to the heavy rainfall over the past few weeks, the water level in 42 dams in Chhattisgarh have reached at 93.71 per cent of their total capacity, officials said on Tuesday.
According to the Data Centre of State Water Resources Department, out of the 42 dams, water level has reached hundred per cent capacity in atleast ten reservoirs.
Water level at the State’s biggest dam ‘Minimata Bango’ has reached 96.20 of its total capacity. Similarly in Raigarh district, Khamhar Pakut has the water level of only 17.96 percent of the total capacity, the lowest in the State. The second lowest of 26.83 percent of the reservoir has been filled with water in Banki dam in Surguja district.
All these reservoirs have a total water carrying capacity of about 6266 million cubic meter of water. However, only 5872 million cubic meters have been stored in these reservoirs so far.The water level at the reservoirs such as Tandula, Kharng, Maniari, Kharkhara, Kodar, Gondli, Kosartedha, Paralkot, Chirpani, Ballar, Sutiapat, Saroda, Matiamoti, Jhumka, Kedarnala, Kinkari Nullah, Biharkhar, Khapri, Pendravn, Russe and Putka Nala have reached 100 per cent of their capacity, the Data informed.