175 families shifted to safer areas as Tapi river overflows

Gandhinagar, Jul 10 (UNI) Incessant rains in Gujarat have led to a rise in water levels of several rivers and reservoirs in the State.

Tapi river has begun overflowing after water was released from Ukai dam into the river as the catchment area of the dam received large quantities of rain water. The water level in the dam is also increasing due to inflow of water from Maharashtra's Hathnoor dam.

The water level of the dam has increased to 324.50 feet while the inflow was 4,03245 cusecs and 2,38147 cusecs till 1500 hrs, flood control room sources said.

About 175 families consisting of 700 people, residing on the banks of the river, have been moved to safer areas by the administration who will provide food packets to them from Seva Sadan.

As many as 36 reservoirs in Gujarat including 11 in Central and 25 in Saurashtra regions are overflowing following heavy rains.

About 8901.90 million cubic meter of water has already been collected in the reservoirs in the State as of today. On the same date last year, there was 6054.42 million cubic meter water in the reservoirs, sources said.

UNI