Mumbai: Maharashtra has been reeling under heavy rains for the past 3-4 days and now Indian Meteorological Department has issued a fresh red category warning of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in the state. Incessant rains have led to dams in the state being full leading to fresh warnings issued to riverside villages. Here is an account of the water level in various dams in the state:
Satara: Heavy rains have been received by the district for the last five days. As a result, Koyna Dam with a capacity of 104 TMC has accumulated 92.81 TMC of water so far. The dam is receiving 1 lakh 14 thousand 980 cusecs of water per second. As a result, the six curved gates of the dam, which was raised to 10 feet to control the water level, are still left open. If the rains continue in the next 24 hours, the gates will be lifted further and water will be discharged, said the Koyna Irrigation Department. However, due to this, the Koyna river is overflowing and Mendheghar, Nerle, Old Sangamnagar push bridge, Mulgaon and Nisare paving bridges on the river have been submerged. As a result, many villages have been cut off and riverside villages have been alerted.
Kolhapur: The Radhanagari Dam has a total storage capacity of 8.36 TMC. As of Monday morning, 8.24 TMC of water has accumulated in the dam. As a result, water is being let out from 2 out of 7 automatic gates of the dam. Currently, 4,256 cusecs of water is being discharged from the dam, but if rains continue, this discharge is likely to increase further. If this happens, the Panchganga river, which has already reached the danger level, cannot be ruled out. Riverside villages have been alerted about this situation.
Bhandara: Due to inflow of water from Wainganga river, the Nag River of Nagpur and Sanjay Sarovar in Madhya Pradesh, 1146.08 MMC water has been stored in Gosikhurd dam in the district. Due to continuous inflow of water, 15 gates of the dam have been opened by half a meter. As a result, the discharge of 1 thousand 663 cusecs of water has started. If the discharge of water remains the same, there is a possibility of floods in the Gadchiroli district.
Amravati: The Upper Wardha Dam in the district is an important dam for many districts in Vidarbha. Due to the rains that have been continuing for the last few days, the water level in the dam has reached 342.14 meters. A total of 531.43 TMC of water has been stored in the dam. As the dam is 94.22% full with this water, 48 cusecs of water is being discharged from the dam through 3 gates.
Nashik: The Gangapur Dam, the first earthen dam in the country, has accumulated 83 per cent water. Due to the rains that have been continuing for the last 4 days, the dam, which had a water storage of 45 per cent a week ago, has increased significantly. As water is being supplied to Nashik district from this dam, the water cut crisis which the citizens were to face has been avoided.
Hingoli: The water level in Siddheshwar dam in the district has reached 100 per cent. As the inflow into the dam is constant, 14 gates of the dam have been opened. Out of this 58 thousand 240 cusecs of water is discharged. This has led to a huge increase in the water level of the Purna river. As a result, the Hingoli administration has issued a warning to the villagers along the Purna river. Meanwhile, a large amount of water has infiltrated the farmland near the river, causing severe damage to crops. The electric motors owned by many farmers are currently underwater, causing huge financial losses.
Thane: The district has received an average rainfall of 16.7 mm, but the catchment area of the dams is receiving satisfactory rainfall. Andhra and Madhya Vaitarna dams received maximum rainfall. Modak Sagar Dam is 94 per cent full and Barvi Dam is 73 per cent full. Initially, there was talk of draining water from the dams due to heavy rains. However, the rainfall in the dams has increased in the last few days. As a result, the water supply has increased. Naturally, the concern of waterlogging is gone now. Last year, on this day, the Barvi, Andhra and Modaksagar dams supplying water to Thane and Mumbai were 100 per cent full. But now 72.83 per cent water has been stored in Barvi. Today, the total rainfall received was just 10 mm. However, there was good rainfall in the catchment area of this dam. While Khanivare received 60 mm, Kanhol got 27 mm, Patgaon and Thakurwadi received 8 mm. It's raining. With constant rainfall, the water crisis has been averted.
