At 27%, water level in Maha dams over double from last year

The collective water stock in dams across Maharashtra today stands at 27.55 per cent, which is more than double from what it was on same day last year.

A report of the state Water Resources Department revealed the figures.

"On May 4 in 2016, the water stock in dams was 12.07 per cent as against today's stock of 27.55 per cent. There are 3,255 dams of different capacity in the state," the daily report generated by department said.

"The Nagpur region has reported the lowest water stock with 14.93 per cent, whereas the Konkan region has the highest stock of 52.90 per cent," the WRD report said.
 

As per the WRD's report, dams in Amravati division have 32.36 per cent water stock as on today, while those in Konkan have 52.90 per cent stock. In Nagpur division, the water storage is 14.93 per cent, while in Nashik division it is 28.95 per cent. Pune and Marathwada divisions have 21.46 per cent and 32.15 per cent water stock respectively, the report stated.

In the summer of 2016, the state's water stock on May 4 was 12.07 per cent. Amravati division had 11.58 per cent water stock of its total capacity, while the Konkan division had 32.09 per cent water. The water level in Nagpur division was 10.75 per cent, Nashik division 11.89 per cent, Pune 13.32% and and Marathwada had 1.04 per cent water stock on May 4 last year, the report stated.

There has been a good rainfall at the end of the monsoon season in 2016, which led to a rise in the dam water stock in the state. Except Pune and Amravati divisions, the remaining ones like Konkan, Nashik, Aurangabad and Nagpur had received excess rainfall.

Pune division received 101.8 per cent rainfall in July and 113.9 per cent in August of its normal, stated the state government's rainfall report on 2016 monsoon season.

"The excess rainfall at the end of the monsoon season helped in filling most of the dams up to their limits," an official from the WRD said.

The division-wise rainfall registered in September last year was: Konkan (153.6 per cent), Nashik (102.6 per cent), Pune (83.2 per cent), Aurangabad (167.2 per cent), Amravati (87 per cent) and Nagpur (101.2 per cent) of its normal rainfall.