Jaipur: Flood-like situation got created in Hanumangarh since Tuesday evening after water started flowing into the drain beds of Ghaggar River owing to a heavy rainfall in the Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh. There are apprehensions that if Himachal Pradesh gets more rain the next 48 hours, villages adjacent to the Ghaggar River may get flooded.
“The river bed has a capacity of 5,000 cusec of water to flow. In the year 2019, 5,000 cusec of water entered into the drain bed of the Rajasthan region of Ghaggar river. While in 2020, 3,000 cusecs entered the bed, in 2020 and 2021 5,000 cusecs of water were flown into bed. This year, there are apprehensions of more water entering into the river bed,” said a senior water resources department official.
District collector Rukmani Riar inspected the affected areas on Wednesday and had asked the officials to install JC machines as soon as possible to keep the river bed clean. She has also instructed the medical department to be prepared to deal with any situation.
“If the MET department forecast and our estimates turns out to be correct, then there may be flood in Hanumangarh and Suratgarh. Last year, due to 5500 cusecs of water running in the drain bed, the dams were broken at many places. This year the situation might get out of control,” the WRD official added. According to XEN Sahiram Yadav of Water Resources Department Section II, 61,730 cusecs of water was running at Gulha Chikka mouth of Ghaggar river on Tuesday.
“The river bed has a capacity of 5,000 cusec of water to flow. In the year 2019, 5,000 cusec of water entered into the drain bed of the Rajasthan region of Ghaggar river. While in 2020, 3,000 cusecs entered the bed, in 2020 and 2021 5,000 cusecs of water were flown into bed. This year, there are apprehensions of more water entering into the river bed,” said a senior water resources department official.
District collector Rukmani Riar inspected the affected areas on Wednesday and had asked the officials to install JC machines as soon as possible to keep the river bed clean. She has also instructed the medical department to be prepared to deal with any situation.
“If the MET department forecast and our estimates turns out to be correct, then there may be flood in Hanumangarh and Suratgarh. Last year, due to 5500 cusecs of water running in the drain bed, the dams were broken at many places. This year the situation might get out of control,” the WRD official added. According to XEN Sahiram Yadav of Water Resources Department Section II, 61,730 cusecs of water was running at Gulha Chikka mouth of Ghaggar river on Tuesday.
