Bisalpur Dam Tonk: After the Bisalpur dam, one of many greatest dams in Rajasthan, overflowed, on Friday, Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat began draining out the water by opening the gates of the dam. Two gates of the dam, quantity 9 and 10, have been opened. This is the primary time in 26 years that the gates of the dam have been opened within the month of September. Before this, the gates of the dam have at all times been opened within the month of August.
Sirens had been ringing since Thursday evening
On Friday morning, the water degree of the dam reached its full capability of 315.50 meters, after which correct prayers had been supplied and the gates of the dam had been opened. Earlier, the sound of the alert siren had began resonating on the dam from Thursday evening itself, whereas the administration had made bulletins within the areas flowing with the Banas river.
many roads had been closed
Earlier, Bisalpur dam has overflowed 6 occasions within the month of August itself. After the water has been drained from the dam, the Tonk administration is on alert mode within the downstream of Banas river. Traffic has been stopped on 10 predominant roads resulting in Banas river in Tonk district. District Collector Somya Jha has put all departments on alert relating to the water draining from the dam. People within the surrounding areas have been placed on excessive alert.
Two gates of the dam had been opened
Khari and Dye rivers helped in filling the dam
In this monsoon season, its tributary rivers Khari and Dai contributed rather a lot in filling Bisalpur dam and that is the primary time that extra water got here from Khari and Dai rivers as an alternative of Triveni Banas river. After Bisalpur dam, the lifeline of capital Jaipur, Ajmer and Tonk, overflowed, the gates of the dam had been opened within the month of September.
In the latest previous, after heavy rainfall within the waterlogged areas of the dam, by opening the gates of Gambhiri, Jetpura and Govta dams, the drain water is quickly flowing in direction of Bisalpur Dam by way of the Triveni Banas River.
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