PUNE: The collective water storage in the four dams that supply water to the city is now 21.10 TMC (72.37% of the total capacity).

On Monday evening, Khadakwasla was 100% full, Panshet was 75.10% full, while Varasgaon and Temghar were 69.03% and 61.33% of their respective capacities. The irrigation department continued to release water into the Mutha right bank canal, but stopped the release of water into the Mutha river, since the catchment areas of Khadakwasla did not get rain. "After Khadakwasla dam filled up, additional water was released into the river for a week but was stopped on Monday," said an official from the irrigation department.

"Khadakwasla received no rainfall on Monday, Varasgaon and Panshet received 1 mm rainfall and Temghar registered 6 mm rainfall," he added.Pavana dam, which supplies water to Pimpri-Chinchwad, received 26 mm rain and is now 74.24% of its total capacity.

Meanwhile, Vinod Tawde, leader of the opposition in the legislative council on Monday met the governor and demanded that fodder depots in the state should not be shut down because of a scarcity situation. Tawde said that many parts of the state were facing a drought-like situation. Since the availability of water is still low, the government needed to rethink its decision to close down fodder depots from August 15.