Maharashtra: Water level dips to zero per cent in 5 out of 11 major dams in Marathwada

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Five out of eleven major water reservoirs in Maharashtra's Marathwada region have gone empty, reported PTI.

Meanwhile the Jayakwadi dam, the biggest of them, currently holds only four per cent of its total storage capacity, officials said on Friday.

The Marathwada region encompasses the districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Beed, Parbhani, Hingoli, Dharashiv, Latur and Nanded.

Eleven major projects in this region are facing no availability of water due to scanty rainfall last year, reported PTI.

The five reservoirs where the water level has dipped to zero per cent are Siddheshwar (Hingoli), Majalgaon and Manjara (both Beed), Nimna Terna and Sina Kolegaon (both Dharashiv).

Water level in seven other projects is as follows: Jayakwadi (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) 4.04 per cent, Nimn Dudhna (Parbhani) 6.23, Vishnupuri (Nanded) 15.58, Manar (Nanded) 22.63, Yeldari (Parbhani) 26.66 and Penganga (Nanded) 29.23 per cent, the report said.

The current aggregate water stock in these projects is 11.28 per cent as on Friday, which was 38.64 per cent on the same day last year, reported PTI.

In the Jayakwadi dam the water stock on the same day last year was 34.94 per cent, it said.

Despite the water stock level of Manjara dam hitting rock bottom, the civic authorities said no water cut will be implemented in the city.

"At present, we are supplying water every four days in Latur. Though we are going into dead storage, we have no issue for the next 3-4 months. So there will be no water cut in Latur city," a senior municipal official said.

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city receives water once every eight days depending on the water situation of the Jayakwadi dam, a civic official said, adding that the work of laying a new parallel supply line is underway and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.