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.