Gujarat Water Resources Minister Kunwarji Bavaliya visited Sant Sarovar Dam in Gandhinagar on Tuesday and instructed the officials concerned to alert the people living in the low-lying areas about the situation of flooding in the Sabarmati River.Apart from areas in Ahmedabad city, villages along the Sabarmati River in talukas of Daskroi, Dhandhuka, Bavla, Sanand and Dholka have been affected by the rising water levels.Speaking to the media, the minister said that the situation is under control with receding rainfall in the northern districts. “I met the officials and reviewed the situation on the inflow into the river. There is no need to panic as the intensity of rainfall in the catchment areas is less now,” the minister said.The water inflow in Dharoi Dam has increased significantly due to rainfall of 100mm to 300 mm in the last three days in Vadali, Khedbrahma, Poshina and Vijaynagar talukas of Sabarkantha district and Danta taluka of Banaskantha district. Water has been gradually released from Dharoi Dam from August 23 onwards. This has resulted in a significant inflow of water at Valasana, Hirpura, Lakroda, Sant Sarovar and Vasna Barrage located downstream of Dharoi Dam.The water level of Dharoi Dam is 617.22 feet and about 82 per cent of the water has been stored. The water inflow into Dharoi Dam is 42,681 cusecs and outflow is 38,976 cusecs. As of Tuesday morning, the water level at Vasna Barrage was 129.5 feet and 64,831 cusecs of water was released. Also, the areas along Subhash Bridge in the city have been put on alert.However, with receding waterlevel in the Sabarmati Riverfront on Tuesday, the AMC’s solid waste department started cleaning the lower promenade or the walkway, which remains closed for the public on the third day.Mahisagar district’s Kadana dam began releasing about 1 lakh cusecs of water on Monday night through 11 open gates. Close to 128 villages along the rivercourse in the districts of Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Kheda, Anand and Vadodara have been alerted. Mahisagar has been receiving about 95,000 cusecs inflow from the upstream in Rajasthan’s Bajaj Sagar Dam as well as the Anas River in Madhya Pradesh.Water storage in damsStory continues below this adGujarat has recorded a total water storage of 81.43% across the 207 dams, including the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada district. With a total gross storage of 20,567 million cubic meters, the storage in the state is 1, 329 MCM higher compared to last year.In South Gujarat, which has a storage of 77.88%, nine of the 13 dams are full.Central Gujarat, which has received heavy rainfall since last week, has recorded a storage of 89.81% with five out of 17 dams remaining full. North Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch have recorded a storage of 69.49%, 78.78% and 60.39%, respectively, on Tuesday.The Sardar Sarovar Dam, which stands at 134.60 metres on Tuesday, is just four metres short of its Full Reservoir Level and witnessing an inflow of over one lakh cusecs from upstream in Narmada. SSNNL officials said that in order to prepare for the Full Reservoir Level, Riverbed Powerhouse (RBPH) as well as the Canal Head Powerhouse (CHPH) are generating hydropower to mitigate flood risk.Story continues below this adOut of the total storage of 9,460 MCM, Sardar Sarovar has live storage of 77.79% with 4,480 MCM.Gujarat has a total of 77.05% of live water storage.