Bhadbhada, Kaliyasot gates opened
   Date :25-Aug-2019

 
Staff Reporter : On Saturday two sluice gates of Bhadbhada dam were opened in the morning around 7. After a few hours two gates of Kaliyasot Dam were also opened. This time, however, unlike earlier incidents visitors rush was limited as heavy rains in the nearby areas was witnessed since early morning . BMC team also barricaded and asked people to refrain from wandering at prohibited zones near water bodies. As rains were consistent Bhopal Corporation (BMC) officials opened gates at around 7 am as soon as the full tank level (FTL) of Upper Lake reached its capacity of 1666.80 ft. Preparation were started to open the gates as soon as water level in Upper Lake crossed FTL mark.
 
 
People were alerted by sirens at around 6 am in the morning. Bhadbhada dam is asset of 11 sluice gates at south east corner of Upper Lake in Bhopal. The gates are used to control the outflow of water from the lake to Kaliyasot river and is opened when Upper Lake reaches FTL mark of 1666.80ft. As excess rainfall was witnessed this year in total for eight times the Bhadbhada gates were opened. A total of approximate 1500 Million Cubic feet water has been released so far. Rakesh Nigam, Assistant Engineer (water works) from Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC), said that the gates were opened early in morning since rains were continuous. Subsequent to which heavy to very heavy rainfall at Sehore district resulted in rise in water level in the Kolans river later. The gates of Kaliyasot dam reached its FRL (full reservoir Level) of 505.67m. The senior officials of Bhopal Municipal Corporation and MPWRD are in constant communication and water level in the reservoirs is being monitored.
 
 
Bhadbhada gates opened for eighth time this year Notably, the Bhadbhada gates were opened on September 24 in 2003 (two gates), August 14 2006 (five gates), August 20 2012 (one gate), July 23 2013 (two gates), July 12 2016 (3 gates), and this year for total eight times the gates have been opened. Two gates of Bhadbhada dam have been opened at 7 am, as the rain continued for hours later on two gates of Kaliyasot dam have to be opened. The sluice gates of Bhadbhada gates are opened once Upper Lake water level reaches FTL 1666.80 ft. Sluice gates of Kaliyasot dam are usually opened when water flow rises in Upper lake since reservoir gets water from Upper lake and also from other resources .