Yupia, Jul 1: The Pare Dam released a record 1334 Cumecs of water on Monday morning which is the highest since 2014 as cloud burst near Sagalee caused a spate in the Pare river and all of its tributaries.
The Papum Pare District Administration has appealed people residing downstream of the Pare Hydro Project to remain alert and refrain from venturing out to the river for the next few days as a huge volume of water will be released from the dam due to cloud burst incident.
Assistant General Manager (Tech), Pare Hydro Project Taba Gagung Tebw, informed that a cloud burst had occurred at around 3:30 am on Monday near Sagalee leading to heavy rainfall in the entire Pare river catchment area and flooding of all the tributaries of Pare river.
“A record 1334.00 Cumecs of water has been discharged from the Pare Dam at 8:00am of Monday, which is the highest since 2014. In 2023 the highest water discharge from the dam was recorded at 688.00 Cumecs on June 21. The discharge from the Pare river dam may increase in coming days due to heavy rainfall in the catchment area of the river,” Gagung added while appealing the public to be alert and abide by the safety guidelines issued by the District Administration.
Pare river catchment area comprises of streams and Nallahs at Leporiang, Sagalee, Nimte, Laptap, Tashi, Kheel, Toru and  Mepsoro.
As reported from the office of the ADC Sagalee, all the water bodies and the Pare river are flowing above the danger level after the cloud burst on Monday morning. The swollen Pare River also flooded the school compound of Govt. Girls Residential School, Sarkha Happa. 
The administration has appealed to all the denizens to stay away from water bodies and those staying near by nallahs and rivers have been asked to shift to safer locations.
In view of the incessant rains and consequent flood, the DC cum Chairman DDMA has issued directives for the closure of schools and Anganwadi centres in rural Papum Pare from July 2 to 6 next.

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