Maharashtra rains: Raigad clocks 64 pc of average seasonal rainfall so far

Maharashtras Raigad district recorded an average 104 mm rainfall in the 24hour period ending at 10 am on Wednesday officials said The district has so far received 64 per cent of the average rainfall in this monsoon season they saidThe Kundalika river in Raigad was flowing above the danger mark on Wednesday the officials saidThe weather department on Tuesday night issued a red alert for Wednesday predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in Raigad districtAlso Read Mumbai slumpreneur earns lakhs to support family with beauty businessCollector Dr Yogesh Mhase declared a holiday for schools and colleges in the district on WednesdayIn the 24hour period ending at 10 am on Wednesday the district received an average rainfall of 104 mm While Mahad taluka received the highest 145 mm rainfall during the period Alibaug taluka received the lowest 45 mm the district collectors office said in a releasePanvel Karjat Mangaon Poladpur and Mhasala talukas recorded more than 120 mm rainfall while Alibaug Khalapur Uran Sudhagad Pen Roha Murud and Tala talukas received less than 100 mm downpour it saidFrom June to September the district every year receives an average rainfall of 3150 mmThis year the rainy season in Raigad started after June 23 and the district has so far received 2020 mm downpour or 64 per cent of the average monsoon rainfall the release saidAlso readMumbai weather update Heavy to very heavy rains till July 27 IMD issues orange alertThe Kundalika river in the district crossed the danger mark of 23 metres and was flowing at 2310 metres at 12 noon on Wednesday as per an official from the irrigation departmentThe Savitri Amba Patalganga Ulhas and Gadhi rivers in the district were flowing below the danger level the official saidMeanwhile in the wake of heavy rains over the last few days the Tansa and Vihar lakes the key sources of potable water for Mumbai started overflowing on Wednesday the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidOut of the seven reservoirs that supply water to Mumbai the Vihar Tansa and Tulsi lakes have overflown so farThe Vihar lake located in Mumbais Sanjay Gandhi National Park overflowed at 1248 am while the Tansa lake located in neighbouring Thane district overflowed at 435 am on Wednesday the BMC saidTansa lake among the 7 lakes that supply water to Mumbaikars has started overflowing today July 26 2023 at 435 AM the civic body tweetedThe Tulsi lake overflowed on July 20 following heavy rains in the city and suburbsMumbai receives 3800 MLD millions of litres per day water from the seven reservoirs Bhatsa Upper Vaitarna Middle Vaitarna Tansa Modak Sagar Vihar and Tulsi located in Mumbai Thane and Nashik districtsNotably the BMC imposed a 10 per cent water cut here from July 1 after the level of lakes supplying water to Mumbai went down due to inadequate rainfall at that time in their catchment areasThe Powai lake in Mumbai also started overflowing earlier this month but its water is not used for drinking purpose BMC officials saidConsequent upon the Tansa lake overflowing a discharge of 1100 cusecs cubic foot per second of water has been started from the reservoir said a release by Thane district authoritiesIt said the water storage in Vihar and Tulsi lakes was 100 per cent while it was 9991 per cent in Tansa 8769 per cent in Modak Sagar and 6795 per cent in the Middle Vaitarna reservoirIn the Barvi dam in Thane district the water storage was 8076 per cent while in the Bhatsa dam it was 6172 per cent the release saidIn Palghar district the water storage in Dhamni dam was 9235 per cent and 100 per cent in Kavdas and Wandri reservoirsBesides the water storage in the Upper Vaitarna reservoir in Nashik was 5214 per cent the release said Agencies