Heavy rainfall on Wednesday led to severe flooding in the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district. In view of the weather conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for the region.
Despite the intense downpour and rising water levels, the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) has assured that all major dams across the state are currently operating within safe limits. This update came from the authority’s latest status report released at 7:00 am on Wednesday.
“The current pond levels of all dams are within the permissible operational limits,” the HPSDMA stated in its daily dam status report. The report covers key reservoirs in the Satluj, Beas, Ravi, and Yamuna river basins and confirms that, despite the widespread rainfall and flooding in various districts, there is no immediate risk of dam overflow.
Karcham Dam (Satluj basin) recorded an inflow of 869.17 cumecs, with 410.21 cumecs released through spillways and 477.99 cumecs through machine flow.
Nathpa Dam received 915 cumecs of inflow, discharging 512.26 cumecs via spillways.
Kol Dam, currently at a pond level of 637.59 meters (just below its Full Reservoir Level of 642 meters), recorded an inflow of 1231 cumecs and a machine flow of 734 cumecs.
At Pandoh Dam on the Beas River, inflow was recorded at 826.59 cumecs, with a combined outflow of 673.5 cumecs through spillways and turbines.
Larji Barrage saw an inflow of 734.14 cumecs and released 457 cumecs via spillways, along with 234.13 cumecs through turbines.
However, some hydropower plants have had to temporarily shut down as high level of silt was present in the water. For instance, Baira HEP was shut down at 7:00 am, and plants like Sainj Barrage and Parbati-II remain non-operational for the same reason.
Malana-II HEP, which suffered damage in flash floods in August 2024, also remains offline, with dam gates kept open as a precautionary measure.
According to the spokesperson for the disaster authority, there is no reason for alarm regarding dam safety across the state as of this morning. Continuous monitoring is in place, and precautionary releases are being managed to avoid downstream flooding, the spokesperson added.
Due to timely regulation of inflows and machine discharges, dam levels remain within permissible limits, even in the face of intense weather conditions.
The authorities continue to track rainfall patterns and reservoir data in real-time, ensuring they’re ready to act swiftly if evacuations or further flow adjustments become necessary.
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