Water overflows from crest of Selaulim dam


Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji (SR)

Panaji, Jul 20: Water started to overflow from the crest of Selaulim dam since Wednesday night. Officials from the water resources department, overseeing the dam situation confirmed the development and said the dam started overflowing at 10.45 pm.

Officials said the phenomenon is likely to last until November, depending on the intensity of rainfall in the areas constituting the catchment area of the dam.

The Full Reservoir Level (FRL) is 41.15m and the overflowing water flows into the Selaulim river which is used for irrigation purposes. As per officials, the unique duckbill spillway of the dam is designed to pass a maximum flood discharge of 1,450 cum per second. Of the total live storage of about 227 cu m, 126 cu m is used for irrigation and the balance 101 cu m is earmarked for domestic and industrial use.

Tourists, as well as locals, are expected to flock to the dam in large numbers during the monsoon weekends with the overflowing water offering a spectacular sight of the dam and its surroundings.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Water overflows from crest of Selaulim dam



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.