Problems Galore Even After Rains

The Pune city is getting satisfactory rains for the last three days. The dams supplying water to the city are filled sufficiently. Still the troubles are not yet over for the city as the rain is not so heavy today as previous two days. The water supply to the city was reduced by 40 percent in the first week of this month due to absence of the rains.

The water situation in Pune district is satisfactory now as all the dams are filled more than 50 percent. According to the Irrigation Department officials, which controls the water distribution in the state, Pune needs four more days of heavy rains to bring the water supply to normal. As on today, the liver storage in the dams is as follows: Khadakwasla 85.53%, Panshet 23.93, Warasgaon 15.62, Temghar 25.71, Mulshi 38.58 and Pawana 43.62.

The good rains on Tuesday took the level up in dams across Pune region. The situation was so bad that Warasgaon and Temghar dams had zero percent water storage before the rains. The rains started Monday night. The rainfall experienced in the catchment areas of these dams was sufficient to fill the gap and these two dams started having live storage.
Still, the roads were seen clogged on Wednesday and Pune residents are still getting the water in less proportion. Last year, there was exactly similar situation here but neither people nor administration learned any lesson from the situation. Ajit Pawar, guardian minister of Pune and also the Water Resourced minister of Maharashtra will take a review meeting hopefully within a week. That will decide the fate of water supply in the city. For now at least, the problems persist in the cultural capital of Maharashtra.