This is an archive article published on July 11, 2022
As rain continues, storage in dams supplying water to Pune city rises to 9.47 TMC
The PMC had declared that there would be no water cut till July 26 as a good spell of rain eased concerns of water shortage.
People who live along the river in the city and rural areas have been alerted to move to safe zones to avoid any untoward incident. There are few bridges and roads in the city which get submerged after the release of the water into the Mutha River. Several citizens also park their vehicles on the riverbed.
(Express File) Storage in the four dams supplying water to Pune city has risen to 9.47 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) due to a good spell of rain for the last one week, said officials, allaying concerns of a water crisis. More rains have been predicted for the next few days in the catchment area of these dams. The water storage was 8.63 TMC last year on the same day, according to officials.
The rainfall had slightly reduced on Saturday but the inflow in the dam continued to be unaffected. The water storage increased by 1 TMC in one day even as the catchment area of Khadakwasla received 22 mm, Panshet received 84 mm, Varasgaon received 75 mm and Temghar received 60 mm rain in twelve hours till 5 pm on Monday.
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