2021 Draught year in Gujarat, State received the lowest rainfall this year compare to last 30 years.
KEY POINTS :
- The Sardar Sarovar reservoir currently holds 1,52,544 mcft. There is water storage.
- Even after two rounds of monsoon, the state has received less rainfall.
- If there is no rain in the next week, Gujarat will have to declare an official drought. Less than 10 inches of rain has fallen in 110 talukas of the state.
Even after two rounds of monsoon, the state has received less rainfall. If there is no rain in the next week, Gujarat will have to declare an official drought. Less than 10 inches of rain has fallen in 110 talukas of the state.
At the same time, two talukas have received less than two inches of rainfall. So 20 talukas have received less than five inches of rain. At a meeting of the Weather Watch Group, the relief commissioner said that 350.33 mm of rains had hit the state so far till August 24. It’s raining, which is 41.71 per cent compared to the state average of 840 mm in the last thirty years.
An estimated 80.06 lakh hectares of Kharif crops have been planted
. Under the new scheme, if a taluka receives less than 10 inches of rain or a gap of 28 days between two spots of rain till August 31, it will be considered a risk of drought in this condition.
As of 23rd August 2021, an estimated 80.06 lakh hectares of Kharif crops have been planted. 80.64 lakh hectares were planted during this period last year. This year, 93.59 per cent of the area has been planted against the average area under the last three years.
At present Sardar Sarovar
Narmada Nigam Ltd. stores 45% of water in Sardar Sarovar Dam . The Sardar Sarovar reservoir currently holds 1,52,544 MCFT, the official said. Therefore, there is water storage, which is 45.66 per cent of the total storage capacity.
The 206 reservoirs in the state have storage of 2,82,489 MCFT of water which is 50.68 per cent of the total storage capacity, an Irrigation Department official said. There are 7 high alert reservoirs, 8 alert reservoirs in the state and 06 upper reservoirs in the state.Water Condition at Dharoi Dam in North Gujarat.
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Resources Secretary Jadhav, who has reserved water in 56 reservoirs till September 30, said that due to prolonged rains in Gujarat, farmers had approached Chief Minister Rupani for immediate provision of water for irrigation.
Chief Minister Rupani has recently taken an important decision to reserve water in 56 reservoirs for drinking water out of the dams-reservoirs available till September 30 and give the remaining water to the farmers of the command area to save their standing crops as per the demand of the respective area.
Areas from which there is a demand for irrigation water. Out of 39 reservoirs, a total of nine and a half lakh acres of land is being irrigated.
Nine and a half lakh acres will get water from 39 reservoirs.
Irrigation of 4 lakh 69 thousand 300 acres has been planned by providing water from Damanganga, Ukai, Jooj, Kelia, Kakrapar and Gordha reservoirs of South Gujarat.
Among these schemes, water is being supplied from Ukai, Kakrapar, Damanganga and Gordha Weir. Thus, in the state of Gujarat, as per the important decision of the Chief Minister, irrigation water is being supplied to nine and a half lakh acres out of 39 reservoirs to save the standing crop in the area where the demand for irrigation water is Storage of 2,82,489 MCFT of water in 206 reservoirs of the state.
The state is facing a dangerous water crisis.
If the rains continue for five more days in the state, the water released from the Narmada in the dam will also be shut off, and a serious water crisis may arise.
As hydropower is being generated in Madhya Pradesh, as of 17th August, 12 thousand 412 cusecs of water are being received in Narmada Dam, i.e. 15 thousand 200 to 15 thousand 792 cusecs of water are being discharged from Narmada Dam through canals.
Therefore, 125 cusecs of water supplied to industries daily from Narmada Dam should be stopped. Farmers say the government should prioritise drinking water and second priority to irrigation water and, if necessary, cut off water to industries and allocate it to save agriculture.
