Tag: Ganga in spate in Kasganj

  • UP Information: The water degree within the Ganges is emerging dangerously, because of the potential for flood, officers on alert mode

    Kasganj: The impact of rain in Uttarakhand is now visual within the plains of Uttar Pradesh as neatly. There’s a stable upward thrust within the water degree of the Ganges within the plains. The Ganges movement passing via Kasganj at the side of Bijnor Bulandshahr is flowing at its perfect degree. The force of rain water entering the Ganges flowing from the hilly spaces is expanding steadily. Because of this force, large amount of water is being launched from Haridwar, Bijnor and Narora barrage of Bulandshahr. In view of the present water degree of Ganga in Kasganj, there’s a risk that if the present water degree continues to upward thrust like this, then at any time water might input the village at the banks of the Ganges.

    In Kasganj district, which is going through floods yearly, at the present, the paintings of embankments has been executed most effective in 10 % of the Ganges border. Now not a unmarried new embankment has been built within the ultimate decade. Hundreds of hectares of the district’s vegetation are submerged yearly because of the floods within the Ganges, whilst tens of millions of other people should be displaced. After floods, fatal illnesses unfold, because of which many of us lose their lives. Insufficient preparations to handle this disaster that happens yr after yr display the seriousness of the federal government.

    Arun Kumar, govt engineer of Kasganj Irrigation Division, says that the water degree of Ganga is being steadily monitored. In district Kasganj, the border of Ganga is unfold over 77 kms. About 103 villages within the district are located at the banks of the Ganges. In view of the potential for floods, 5 embankments constructed at the banks of the Ganges, on the decrease villages of Datlana Uder Nyoli, Asadgarh Nardauli and Samaspur Nardauli, had been repaired, whilst 4 flood posts with a flood keep an eye on room have additionally been established. Within the flood keep an eye on room, the workers of the Irrigation Division had been placed on responsibility in 3 shifts. On Tuesday, July 12, 58 thousand cusecs of water has been launched from Haridwar barrage, 29 thousand from Bijnor barrage and 43 thousand cusecs water from Narora barrage has been launched into Ganga. On Tuesday, the water degree of Ganga at Kachla Ghat has been recorded at 163,000.

    Kasganj District Justice of the Peace Harshita Mathur mentioned that during view of the potential for floods, the embankments at the Ganges close to the populated spaces are being steadily monitored. Along side putting in of flood keep an eye on room and flood submit, the officers and staff of native tehsil management and meals division, well being division, animal husbandry division, agriculture division, water company and wooded area division had been prompt to stay alert for twenty-four hours. There’s recently no gauge mark to measure the water degree of Ganga at Kadarganj Gangaghat within the flood affected house, so the method of having the gauge mark has been began via writing a letter to the Central Water Fee (CWC).
    Document – Amit Tiwari