POINGUINIM: The minor irrigation dam at Gaunem, which will provide 5MLD water to the residents of Gaondongrim and Cotigao, started overflowing on Friday at 6.15am, water resources department (WRD) executive engineer Shekhawat Singh said.
Last year, the dam overflowed in September, Singh said, attributing the early overflow this year to the week-long heavy showers.
Only three days ago, water level in the reservoir stood at 80%.
Singh said the present water storage in the Gaunem reservoir is 177 hectare metre. The Gaunem reservoir water level is 63m at full capacity. The overflow began at reduced level 63.5m.
The construction of the dam, which will irrigate a proposed 100 hectares, commenced in 2012 and was completed in 2017, but pipelines are yet to be laid, Singh said.
Presently, WRD is waiting to settle disputes in at least two cases involving the property through which the proposed pipeline from the dam is to be laid.
The Selaulim dam began overflowing from its duckbill spillway on Tuesday.
