Pune has been receiving heavy rainfall for the last two days. All four of the city's dams upstream of the Mutha river are filled to capacity, which has led to the release of water into the river. The Khadakwasla dam, which has a capacity of 1.97 TMC, was the first to fill, leading to release of water over the last ten days. The Panshet dam, with a capacity of 10.65 TMC, was the next, filling last week, followed by the Varasgaon dam, which has a capacity 12.82 TMC. The Temghar dam, with 3.71 TMC capacity, was filled on Monday night.
Due to this, the intensity of the flood-like situation in Pune has been increasing. Around 12,000 persons in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas have been moved to safe locations. Seven bridges are closed for public use. The Mutha river cuts across the city.
The water resource department is trying hard to keep the damage to the minimum by limiting the release to 45,474 cusecs.
Since the past few days, the Bhide bridge, the riverside road from Mhatre bridge to Deccan, and from Shaniwar peth to Shaniwarwada have been submerged in river water.
The situation has thrown life out of gear. Several low-lying areas are inundated while train and bus services have been affected too.
“At present, there are very strong westerly winds blowing over from the Arabian Sea. This combined with low-level wind convergence happening over Maharashtra and south Gujarat has led to continuous and heavy rains, mainly along the west coast. Its influence is also seen over adjoining areas in Madhya Maharashtra, including Pune, Nashik, Ahmednagar,” said an official at IMD, Pune.
With a depression over Bay of Bengal likely to trigger heavy rain in many parts of Odisha till August 9, the state government on Tuesday asked district collectors to be prepared to deal with possible flood. The Meteorological Centre here said in a special bulletin that the low pressure over Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression on Tuesday. (PTI)
Heavy rains since the start of August in parts of Sangli in Maharashtra has led to the water level in Krishna river rising, a senior official said on Tuesday. Water has also been released from Koyna and Varna dams which has increased water-logging in several areas in the district, he said. He added that people in 107 villages along the banks of the river have been alerted about rising water levels. The Territorial Army's relief column is expected to arrive in the city later tonight to help a team of the National Disaster Response Force deployed here for relief operations, the official informed. (PTI)
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All educational institutes from Class 1st to Class 12th and Anganwadi Centers to remain shut tomorrow in view of the forecast of heavy rains.
Traffic to came to a halt as rains lashed Delhi on Tuesday morning. The Safdarjung observatory, the recording of which is considered official for the city, received 12.6 mm rainfall till 8.30 am. The Palam Observatory received 38.5 mm rainfall. Commuters experienced severe traffic snarls en route to their offices. Those coming from Noida were stuck in jams on the DND flyover, Akshardham road and the ITO crossing. There was waterlogging on stretches of Rohtak Road, near Tis Hazari court, from Khyber Pass towards Model Town. Traffic was also affected from on the stretch towards the Nigam Bodh Ghat due to waterlogging near Kela Ghat. (PTI)
Landslides triggered by incessant rains in the hills of Uttarakhand on Tuesday blocked many road routes, including Rishikesh-Badrinath highway at Lambagad. A cloudburst at Gairsain in Chamoli district in the early hours on Tuesday also damaged bridges, a school building and cowsheds, the SDRF said. Besides blocking the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway at Lambagad, rubble from landslips has also blocked 19 motor roads in Chamoli, seven in Uttarkashi and eight in Pauri districts, it said. Four cowsheds were destroyed, five bridges damaged and one school building was partially damaged in the cloudburst in Gairsain, it said. (PTI)
First major landslide in #Kodagu this year. The link between Kodagu and #Kerala via Makkuta-Virajpet has been severed.
Maharashtra Government requested GoI for NDRF team from Goa for Dodamarg in Sindhudurg district in view of discharge from Tillari dam. One team already left from Raigad.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has urged his Karnataka counterpart B S Yediyurappa to increase the water discharge from Almati dam to tackle the floods in Kolhapur, Sangli, Pune , Pimpri Chinchwad in Western Maharashtra. The Karnataka CM, meanwhile, has written to Fadnavis to regulate water discharge from Koyna dam to tackle flooding of villages in his state. "I called Karnataka CM to appraise the flood situation and requesting for increasing water discharge in Almati dam," Fadnavis said.
Due to floods in Sangli and Kolapur districts, a stretch of the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway (NH4) was closed this morning and traffic stopped. Officials said that the road will be opened only after water levels go back to normal. The NH4 traverses Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur in Maharashtra and Nipani and Belgaum in Karnataka.
As many as seven of the over 30 river bridges in the city were closed to traffic as they were either submerged or the water level in the rivers had risen very close to the surface. These include Rajiv Gandhi bridge (connecting Aundh Gao to Dange Chowk), old Sangavi Bridge (near Spicer College), Dapodi Bridge (Bhau Patil Road to Dapodi Gaon), old Holkar Bridge (Khadaki Bazaar), Baba Bhjide Bridge (Deccan areas) and Jaywantrao Tilak bridge near PMC.
Pune received heavy rainfall over last weekend, which resulted in its four dam reservoirs — Khadakwasla dam, Panshet dam, Varasgaon dam, Temghar dam — filling to capacity. The four rivers that pass through the city — Mula, Mutha, Pavana and Indrayani — were all carrying large amounts of water, which is being regularly released by the dams. Some 500 people living on the banks of the rivers have been relocated to relief centres.
The IMD has predicted that Mumbai will receive "light to moderate" rainfall on Tuesday. The city had experienced interse showers over the weekend, leading to waterlogging in several parts of the city. The break in rainfall will help water recede from flooded areas. The next big spell of showers is likely only on August 9.