According to the Irrigation Department, while parts of western Maharashtra and Konkan are facing floods due to heavy rains, the water level of various dams in the Marathwada region has receded as compared to last year.
The 45 major reservoirs of the region have a total water storage capacity of 4,505.36 Million Cubic Meter (MCM). A report by the Irrigation Department said that the water stored in them was 1,991.22 MCM or 44.2 per cent on Monday, up from 47.01 per cent on July 26, 2020.
It further said that 81 medium reservoirs of Marathwada region had 247.84 MCM water as on Monday, while their total storage capacity was 1,056.42 MCM. Their storage is 23.46 per cent so far as compared to 30.19 per cent last year, the report said.
In addition, 838 minor reservoirs have 212.15 MCM of water as against their total storage capacity of 1,810.49 MCM. They are filled up to 11.72 per cent of the total storage capacity as against 13.03 per cent in the previous year.
As of Monday, the Jayakwadi dam was filled to 35.82 per cent, Majalgaon-31.7 per cent, Yeldari-69.57 per cent of its total storage capacity, and these figures were lower than the previous year, the report said. There was zero storage in the dam (Osmanabad) on Monday.
However, Lower Dudhna Dam was filled to 82.79 per cent of its total capacity, Lower Terna-56.6 per cent, Lower Manar-89.3 per cent, Siddheshwar-76.9 per cent and these figures were higher than last year.
The report said the Manjara dam, which supplies water to Latur city, was filled to 22.36 per cent of its capacity, while its storage was zero on this day last year.
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