Overview

• SSNNL activated five of the dam’s 30 radial gates at 11 am on July 31 after levels climbed from 127.92 metres to over 131 metres within a day.
• Officials are discharging 1.37 lakh cusecs downstream to safeguard the dam’s integrity and guide water storage toward full capacity.
• Heavy monsoon rains and upstream releases of about 4 lakh cusecs from Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar and Indirasagar dams have fueled the rapid rise.
• The reservoir now holds 7,151.67 million cubic metres of water—75 percent of its 9,460 MCM capacity—with hydropower generation ongoing.
• District authorities have placed downstream riverbank villages on high alert as the Flood Management Centre continues close monitoring.