Emergent repair works progress on Mundesari embankment near Harinkhola

With water level decreasing land sliding is common from the river embankments. So is in the case of Mozzarpharpur under Harinkhola –I G.P under Arambagh Block where emergent is repairing is being made at this moment on the embankment of the river Mundeswari. People of that locality would be alert.

Tomorrow at about 11.30 a.m SDM Arindam Niyogi with Superintending Engineer of the Irrigation & Waterways Department will visit the spot. 

Durgapur reduces water release

Today from 06.00 a.m the water release from Durgapur barrage is reduced @ 65423Cusec. There is no harm now at Arambagh

DVC issued Flood Warning !!!!

DVC issued flood warning for below Mathon area. Hence, Arambagh is under such caution.

Durgapur enhances water release

Now down Durgapur release is 85723 cusec. It may increase further.

Mundeswari river crossed primary danger level

Now down Durgapur release reaches at 83350 Cusec which inculdes the combined DVC release of 41000 Cusec.

Maithon and Panchet reserviors are under the controled of DVC while Durgapur is under the control of the West Bengal Govt.

The combine release from both Panchet and Maithon is termed as "combined release" from DVC.
It reaches Durgapur barrage and Durgapur finally releases water to Damodar river. Damodar river is further divided as Mundeswari and Damodar at Burdwan.

As there is huge uncontrolled areas in between Maithon/Panchet and Durgapur, the combined release of DVC may further increase at Durgapur owing to heavy rainfall in that uncontrolled catchement areas.

It is apprehended that down Durgapur release may touch 90,000 cusec soon.

Water level increasing in both Damodar and Mundeswari rivers

Owing to heavy rainfall in the uncontrolled catchment areas the water release from Durgapur dam is 77286 Cusec now. The rate of discharge may increase further. Consequently the water level is increasing in the down Durgapur areas.

However, there is no flood warning so far.

Domestic utensils can save life from flood shows NDRF team at Khanakul-ll

How a few empty bottles of mineral water can save one’s life during the time of flood is demonstrated by a team of 2^nd Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) came from Digbaria Campus of 24-Parganas (North). The team headed by a deputy commandant Gyalzen Sherpa and 34 other rank holders took no hesitation to show all chivalries this morning at the office of the Khanakul-ll BDO to train people to save their lives.

Flood rescue training at Khanakul - ll Block

Flood becomes a destiny to the people of Khanakul.  So is the casualty. With the sudden discharge of water the commoners get enlisted as “wanted”.

Now for a change, people of Khanakul  - II block are being trained scientifically to search and rescue flood victims by an expert team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) consisting of a Commandant and the  fellow members of the 2^nd Battalion of NDRF from Digberia Camp of  Barasat, 24-Parganas (N) from 18^th  October. They have extended effective teaching to the inhabitants of flood prone Gram Panchayets like  Natibpur-l  & ll, Jagatpur, Dhanyaghori, Marokhana, Sabalsinghpur, Chingra, Palashpai- I & II.

Tomorrow at 12.00 noon the NDRF team will give live demonstration at the office of the Block Development Officer,  Khanakul-II where the citizens of Rajhati –I & II G.Ps will participate, says Asit Paul,  B.D.O, Khanakul –II  block.  From 19^th October 2011, the team will move to Khanakul-I block.

Flood

DVC reduced combined release of water from both the Maithon & Panchet reservoirs. Now it is @ 60,000 Cusec from DVC causing down Durgapur Dam release around @85,000 Cusec.

Huge discharge of water may cause Flood at midnight

With the heavy raining in both the Damodar and the Barakar catchment areas over the last 48 hours DVC has now been discharging water @70,000 Cusec (approx) combinedly from its Panchet and Maithon reservoirs from this morning which may reach Durgapur Dam tonight by 10.00 p.m causing a release of more than 1,00,000 Cusec from down Durgapur. Hence water level of both the rivers namely Damodar and Mundeswari will be double as of now.
The DVC release is likely to be increased since Tenughat reservoir will shortly discharge more water which will reach Panchet reservoir resulting further hike in rate of release from Panchet too.  

Down Durgapur update

Now Down Durgapur outflow of water is @ 1,10,374 Cusec.

Dwarakeswar river will get 30,000 Cusec more

Last night Dwarakeswar river maintains its water level 3 metre below Danger level at 08.00 p.m. But another 30,000 Cusec of water will feed it by today.

Heavy rainfall in Barakar cathement area causes increase in outflow

In the last 24 hours there is 88.4 mm rainfall in the Barakar cathement area causing increase in outflow of water from Maithon Dam. The combined release controlled by DVC  was @ 85,000 Cusec at 10.30 a.m  today out of which Maithon had @ 35,000 Cusec and Panchet had @ 50,000 Cusec. There is further heavy rainfall in Durgapur catchement area with a record of 90 mm approximately. From 08.00 p.m tonight down Durgapur outflow is 1,00,000 Cusec which may increase roughly by 15,000 Cusec more when the full load of combined discharge will reach Durgapur.

One thing is to be noted that DVC does not control the release from Durgapur barrage. It is controlled by Govt. of West Bengal. Actually DVC releases water after getting clearence from the Central Water Commission from both the Panchet and Maithon Dams. After the release from both the Dams, the water reaches Durgapur barrage after 10 to 12 hours. The riverine path in between the said two dams and Durgapur barrage, contains good number of small canals and cathement area which add more water to the combined release from DVC. Once it reaches Durgapur barrage, the Durgapur barrage has to release the full inflow of DVC as Durgapur barrage has no significant capacity to modify the release of combined release from DVC dams. After the release from Durgapur barrage, there are further many a river, canal, uncontrolled cathement area which further add water to down Durgapur outflow.

So, in brief, release from Durgapur contains the release of combined release from Maithon and Panchet and  further enhanced by the water of down Durgapur areas.

Of late it is much critised in some media that state government compelled DVC to release water in a controlled manner which might cause DVC to release high discharge at a time. It might cause huge flood. But this type of reporting is devoid of ground reality and quite misleading.

Rainfall occurs in different catchement areas in different times. Further the intensity of rainfall is not uniform in nature and highly uncertain. In last few days, state govt. took a very wise decision by asking DVC to release water in a controlled manner. If DVC discharged water according to the maximum permissible limit of DVRRC manual it might cause huge flood since down Maithon and Panchet dams and down Durgapur barrage were loaded with heavy rainfall simultaneously. As discharge from Maithon and Panchet roughly (For 1,00000 Cusec) takes 10-12 hours time to reach Durgapur, if DVC controlled release in a low rate for few hours, by that time the water came from down Panchet and Maithon and Down Durgapur might be cleared. So, at that stage increase release from Panchet and Maithon might not increase the release from Durgapur any more. It was actually happened in last few days.

So, the decision of the state govt. is a practical and prudent one.

Damodar is still above danger level

At Arambagh on date at 09.00 a.m Damodar is 0.1 Metre above danger level while Mundeswari is just 0.5 metre below of danger level.