Ukai dam water level touches danger mark

Earlier, the water level in the dam touched 35 feet in 2006, during the devastating floods.

The rain, accompanied by high-speed winds, brought down a 60-foot effigy of Ravan erected to be burned on Dussehra at Nilgiri ground in Limbayat area. No one was injured. The plastic chairs arranged on the ground for guests were also blown away. Organisers had to cancel the event planned on the ground due to water-logging.

Navsari district also witnessed heavy rain where Vansda taluka and Vaghai taluka received 20 mm and 10 mm rain respectively. With a live storage of 6,729 million cubic metres of water, the dam has been receiving around 24,000 cusecs inflow from the upper catchment areas in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Same amount of water is being discharged into the Tapi river.