Residents in the vicinity of Jayakwadi Dam in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district have been asked to stay alert as its water storage reached 74.60 per cent of capacity as on Monday evening due to heavy rains, an official said. The dam is located in the district's Paithan tehsil and the water inflow in it was currently 33,620 cusec (cubic foot per second), he said.

"If the inflow continues at this rate, dam gates will have to be lifted to discharge water. Hence, we have raised an alert for villages along the banks of the Godavari river (on which the dam is built) in Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed and Nanded," he said.