BHABUA, July 16 -- Water resources department (WRD) has ordered a halt to boat operations, being conducted as part of an eco-tourism initiative, at Durgavati Reservoir Project in Kaimur Hills region citing the dam's safety. Officials said that boating was affecting Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system here.

Chief engineer, WRD, Dehri, in his letter to Kaimur divisional forest officer and district magistrate, said that the forest department boats created unnecessary hydraulic jumps, which compromised the dam's stability. Depressions are also forming in the stone pitching (rip-rap) of the dam. HT also accessed the letter.

While the SCADA system was installed to accurately assess water discharge from the reservoir, the c...