PUNE: HEAVY RAIN RAISES FLOOD CONCERNS AS KHADAKWASLA DAM OVERFLOWS, RIVERSIDE RESIDENTS ALERTED
Pune Rains: The catchment regions of all four dams in the Khadakwasla Dam Chain Project are once again receiving rain after it subsided for the past few days. Water from the Khadakwasla Dam is beginning to flow into the Mutha River basin as a result of the rain received yesterday night and this morning. As a result, Pune locals are worried about possible floods.
The four dams that provide Pune with water—Temghar, Varasgaon, Panshet, and Khadakwasla—are all full. At the moment, 28.34 TMC, or 97.18 percent of their capacity, is held in these dams. By Saturday morning, the Temghar dam area had received 48 mm of rain, the Varasgaon and Panshet dam areas had received 24 mm apiece, and the Khadakwasla dam area had received 8 mm.
Consequently, water was released from the Varasgaon Dam at a rate of 862 cusecs and the Panshet Dam at a rate of 849 cusecs at 10 AM.
With the incoming water into the Khadakwasla Dam, 2,140 cusecs of water were discharged into the Mutha River basin around 11 AM, with the flow increasing to 4,150 cusecs by midday. Residents near the riverside have been warned.
Rain Alert In Pune
The India Meteorological Department issued an orange warning for Saturday in the districts of Pune and Satara in western Maharashtra and Amravati, Bhandara, Chandrapur, and Gondia in Vidarbha.
Also, the IMD officials forecasted that over the next four to five days, Mumbai and many other areas of the state will get significant rainfall. The Met Office released an orange alert on August 24, predicting severe to very heavy rainfall in the Konkan districts of Palghar, Thane, Mumbai, Raigad, and Ratnagiri.