The water stock in the Jayakwadi dam has risen to 64.3 per cent amid Maharashtra rains and water can now comfortably be released for irrigation, an official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

The Jayakwadi reservoir on the Godavari river in central Maharashtra`s Marathwada region supplies water for industrial, drinking and irrigation purposes to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna and other towns in the eight-district Marathwada region, according to the PTI.