The rain gods finally smiled on rain-starved Marathwada with a heavy down pour lashing the region over Thursday and Friday . Each of the eight districts in the region got an average 42 mm rain in a 24-hour span over the two days. Nine dams in Aurangabad district, including medium and major reservoirs were overflowing.
The water levels in the Jayakwadi dam, which is the lifeline of Aurangabad city swelled by 8 cubic metres due to the good rains. Irrigation department officials said the fresh quota by itself would cat er to the drinking water needs of the city for a good two-and a-half months. The usual run off from Friday's rains will further boost the dam levels they pointed out.
Other cities in tMaharashtra also received heavy rainfall. In Nashik, sadhus who had as sembled for the Shahi Snan on Friday were treated to a second bath when a downpour flooded the Sadhugram. With 43 mm, Nashik's was the highest rainfall in central Maharashtra on the day . Following Nashik was Pune, which received 40.1 mm rainfall. The catchment areas of the Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon and Temghar dams around Pune, which were dry for the last 40 days, received good rain. India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials attributed the rainfall activity to a depression over Vidarbha and the neighbourhood close to Akola, as well as to a low pressure area that has formed over the north Andaman Sea and adjoining east central Bay of Bengal. “Intermittent spells of rain and light rainfall would occur in some areas on Saturday and Sunday too,“ an IMD official said.
While Kolhapur did not receive any rain, it poured in Buldhana, Mahabaleshwar and parts of Vidarbha. In Chandrapur, the rains took a break on Friday but the incessant downpour over the previous three days forced authorities to open five gates of the Irai dam by a metre to release water from the reservoir.
The administration declared an alert in the lowlying areas along the Irai river following the water discharge.
The water levels have been steadily rising in nearly all reservoirs in the district. Five irrigation projects -Chargaon, Chandai, Pakdiguddam, Dongargaon and Labhansarad -are full to the brim.
The water levels in the Jayakwadi dam, which is the lifeline of Aurangabad city swelled by 8 cubic metres due to the good rains. Irrigation department officials said the fresh quota by itself would cat er to the drinking water needs of the city for a good two-and a-half months. The usual run off from Friday's rains will further boost the dam levels they pointed out.
Other cities in tMaharashtra also received heavy rainfall. In Nashik, sadhus who had as sembled for the Shahi Snan on Friday were treated to a second bath when a downpour flooded the Sadhugram. With 43 mm, Nashik's was the highest rainfall in central Maharashtra on the day . Following Nashik was Pune, which received 40.1 mm rainfall. The catchment areas of the Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon and Temghar dams around Pune, which were dry for the last 40 days, received good rain. India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials attributed the rainfall activity to a depression over Vidarbha and the neighbourhood close to Akola, as well as to a low pressure area that has formed over the north Andaman Sea and adjoining east central Bay of Bengal. “Intermittent spells of rain and light rainfall would occur in some areas on Saturday and Sunday too,“ an IMD official said.
While Kolhapur did not receive any rain, it poured in Buldhana, Mahabaleshwar and parts of Vidarbha. In Chandrapur, the rains took a break on Friday but the incessant downpour over the previous three days forced authorities to open five gates of the Irai dam by a metre to release water from the reservoir.
The administration declared an alert in the lowlying areas along the Irai river following the water discharge.
The water levels have been steadily rising in nearly all reservoirs in the district. Five irrigation projects -Chargaon, Chandai, Pakdiguddam, Dongargaon and Labhansarad -are full to the brim.
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