Pune: Water stock in dams across the district reaches 47.86 TMC
Intermittent rain and heavy rainfall in the ghat areas since July first week have led to a steady rise in water inflow into the dams supplying water to Pune
The water storage levels in the dams of Pune district have seen a significant increase. As of Friday (July 19), the total water storage in these dams was 47.86 TMC, bringing the storage level to 24.13%. This year’s storage is 3.77 TMC more than the same period last year.
Early in this monsoon season, the city and district experienced rain in the first week of June, but a subsequent dry spell meant little increase in dam water levels.
Starting in the first week of July, there has been a gradual increase in the amount of water entering the dams due to scattered rain and more rainfall in the catchment areas. As a result, there is a noticeable increase in water storage today over the previous year.
On this date last year, the total available water storage was 44.09 TMC. Currently, the storage stands at 47.86 TMC, showing an increase of 3.77 TMC.
Pune district has a total of 32 dams, six of which belong to the Tata Group. These six dams have a total storage capacity of 42.76 TMC and currently hold 16.61 TMC (38.84%) of usable water. Among these, the Lonavala dam has only 0.20 TMC of water.
By July 14, the Khadakwasla cluster (Temghar, Varasgaon, Panshet and Khadakwasla dams) had accumulated 10.12 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic feet) of water.
Current Water Storage in Major Dams (TMC) versus last year’s storage in brackets.
- Temghar: 1.14 (0.85)
- Warasgaon: 4.53 (4.79)
- Panshet: 5.21 (4.10)
- Khadakwasla: 1.36 (0.93)
- Pavana: 3.09 (3.44)
- Chas Kaman: 1.86 (2.30)
- Bhama Askhed: 2.11 (2.94)
- Andra: 1.07 (1.44)
- Gunjawani: 1.81 (1.19)
- Bhatghar: 9.53 (7.69)
- Neera Devghar: 3.70 (4.25)
- Veer: 4.05 (2.42)
- Manikdoh: 1.10 (1.56)
- Yedgaon: 0.63 (0.74)
- Dimbhe: 2.97 (2.21)
With the current rainy season only halfway through, it is hoped that the district will have its reservoirs filled to capacity by the end of monsoon 2024.
