The Godavari River’s water level has risen as a result of heavy rains, and the Nashik district government in Maharashtra has issued an alarm for the public, according to officials on Sunday, as reported by the PTI.
Nashik Releases Cusecs Of Water
According to an official, the authorities in Nashik district released 4,000 cusecs of water from the Gangapur dam around 4 pm, supplying water to Nashik city, due to the continuous Maharashtra rains, as reported by PTI. The PTI claimed that the water discharge has raised Godavari’s water level, and an official warned that Saikheda and Chandroi villages in the district’s Niphad taluka may experience flooding downstream.
According to the official, residents in these localities and along the banks of the Godavari have been asked by the authorities to exercise caution and stay vigilant. Little temples at Ramkund and the Goda Ghat in Nashik were flooded on Sunday. In the afternoon, water had gotten up to the famous Dutondya Maruti idol’s waist.
The Nashik Rainy Season
Since June, the Nashik district has seen 476.1 mm of rainfall. According to officials, the district’s reservoirs hold a total of 28,748 million cubic feet of water, or 43.78 percent of its total capacity. The news agency claimed on Sunday that despite intense rains, the district’s 24 dams have no water in the Tisgaon, Nagasakya, and Manikpun reservoirs.
In the meantime, Middle Vaitarna Lake, another lake that supplies water to Mumbai, began to overflow on Sunday. Situated in the neighboring Palghar district, the reservoir is one of the seven sources of drinking water for the city and is managed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The `Hinduhrdaya Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Middle Vaitrana Reservoir} is now fully full as of August 4, 2024, at 2.45 am. This is the fifth reservoir of the monsoon season to reach full capacity. The BMC’s water engineering department reports that after this, two gates of the reservoir were opened, discharging water at a rate of 706.30 cusecs.
The Dramatic Water Level Rise
Earlier last month, the lakes of Tulsi, Vihar, Modak Sagar, and Tansa started to overflow. Since the Middle Vaitarna Lake is currently full, the BMC receives water from five of the seven reservoirs. The water levels in these reservoirs have dramatically grown as a result of the catchment area’s recent severe rains.
With its full water storage capacity of 193,530 million liters (19,353 crore litres), the Middle Vaitarna lake was filled at midnight.
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