Gorakhpur: Rapti river flowing around the danger mark, locals in fear of devastating floods

Rapti river is flowing just below the danger mark in the Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh. The Rapti's flow has great seasonal variation because the river lacks sources in high elevation glaciers and snowfields to buffer pre-monsoon drought. The maximum recorded flood was 7,390 m3/s on 10 September 1981. 100-year flood flows are predicted at 10,100 m3/s. Over 700,000 acres (280,000 ha) in Uttar Pradesh are at risk of floods every year. Flood control projects under study include a dam at Jalkundi that would inundate 71,000 acres (29,000 ha) of farmland in Deukhuri Valley. An alternative dam site is upstream at Naumure on the Pyuthan-Dang district border (27°53'N, 82°48'E). This would be an earthen dam 169 m high with 351 million cubic meters live storage capacity, storing excess monsoon flows for irrigation use during the following dry season and generating up to 207 megawatts. Local administration is in the alert mode for the flood.

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