PUNE: Water needed to meet Pune's requirement for over 15 days was collected in just 24 hours, between Sunday and Monday evening, in the four dams that supply water to the city, following heavy rains in the catchment areas.

Water storage in four dams further increased up to 3.24 TMC on Monday by 5 pm, registering an addition of about 0.76 TMC in just 24 hours. The catchment areas of dams have registered continuous rainfall for the last three days. Though the intensity of rainfall was less on Monday as compared to the weekend, it still helped increase water storage in all the four dams.

Irrigation department officials said the dams on Monday held more than double the storage (3.24 TMC) compared to the storage (1.5 TMC) on the same day, last year. Panshet's storage was the highest at 21.84% storage of its maximum capacity followed by Khadakwasla (18.83%), Temghar (6.25%) and Varasgaon (2.38%).

The highest rainfall of 23 mm was recorded in the catchment areas of Panshet. Temghar and Varasgaon each recorded about 18 mm rainfall while Khadakwasla recorded 3 mm.

Water storage in Pavana dam, which supplies water to Pimpri Chinchwad, reached 3 TMC on Monday evening, which is about 35% of the total live storage capacity. The catchment area of the dam has so far registered 670 mm rainfall.

Even though dams in Bhima and Mula-Mutha sub basins have registered an increase in their respective storages, as many as four dams in Bhima basin----Pimplegaon Joge, Ghod, Nazare and Ujani---still do not hold live water storage.

Storages in dams on Monday

Dams water storage rainfall since June 1

Temghar 0.23 TMC (6.25%)471 mm

Varasgaon0.31TMC (2.38%)482 mm

Panshet2.33 TMC (21.84%)479 mm

Khadakwasla0.37 TMC (18.83%) 208 mm

Total 3.24 TMC (11.10%)

