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<p data-start="0" data-end="272"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nearly 200,000 cusecs of water were released from the Kadana dam at midnight Monday, triggering alerts for villages along the Mahi river. By evening, the reservoir level touched 416 feet, with 127,000 cusecs inflow from the upstream Mahi-Bajaj Sagar dam, officials said.</span></p>
<p data-start="274" data-end="494"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Authorities have issued warnings for 74 villages in Lunawada, 27 in Kadana, nine in Khanpur, six in Godhra, 12 in Shahera, and other low-lying areas. Kadana is Gujarat&rsquo;s third-largest dam after Sardar Sarovar and Ukai.</span></p>
<p data-start="496" data-end="807"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The IMD has forecast widespread rain across Gujarat until September 7, with extremely heavy showers likely on September 4 and 5. On September 3, an orange alert was sounded for Narmada, while Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Daman, and Dadra &amp; Nagar Haveli were placed under yellow warnings.</span></p>
<p data-start="809" data-end="1247" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy spells is expected in south and central Gujarat districts including Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Bharuch, and Dang on September 4-5. Alerts continue in Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, and coastal regions through September 6. By September 7, heavy rain is forecast across north, central, and Saurashtra-Kutch, covering Banaskantha, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Morbi, Kutch, and others.</span></p>
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200,000 cusecs released; IMD warns of heavy rain across Gujarat till September 7

Kadana Dam Releases 2 Lakh Cusecs,Villages Alerted

200,000 cusecs released; IMD warns of heavy rain across Gujarat till September 7

September 2, 2025 | 14:49 IST