Breach in Amreli’s Triveni Dam

Rajkot: Influx of water in Surajvadi River due to constant rain in the region caused a five feet breach in the Triveni Dam near Badhada in Amreli district on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Amreli district administration officials, the dam provides water to 10 villages including Bhadada, Navu Bhadada, Shantinagar, Jabal and Abrahampara. “Due to the breach in the dam, Surajvadi River is flowing from bank to bank,” said Jabal village sarpanch Bhupendra Khuman.
“I have alerted the flood control department of the Amreli district administration and the officials have promised me of quick action,” added Khuman.
Since Friday night, Amreli district had reported heavy rains in Savarkundala, Rajula and Jafrabad talukas. Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in Gir Somnath, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Morbi, Dwarka and Kutch districts in the next 48 hours. A cyclonic circulation over south Gujarat region would bring heavy to very heavy rains in the districts like Navsari, Valsad over the next few days, it alerted.
The forecast further said that light thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and surface wind at 40 kmph is likely in all the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch regions as well as in Diu, Daman, and Dadra Nagar Haveli for the next two days.