PUNE: The Nazare dam, located in the arid area of Saswad in Pune district, was filled to its full capacity of 0.78 TMC on Saturday after a gap of almost eight years.
In 2011, the dam had overflown, but after that the storage had never reached its full capacity.
Heavy rain in the dam’s catchments in the past two weeks led to massive inflow of water in the reservoir and filled it to its maximum capacity. The dam recorded 479mm rainfall till Saturday, as compared to last year’s total rainfall of 530mm.
Nazare’s total capacity is 0.78 TMC and it can hold 0.59 TMC live water storage.
A source from the irrigation department said Nazare was considered a major dam in the eastern part of the district, where rainfall activity is very low. On Saturday, the dam released water into the Karha river at the rate of 60 cusecs, which flowed into a canal to benefit the parched areas of Purandar and Baramati. The dam irrigates around 3,200 hectares of farms in Purandar and Baramati talukas of Pune district.
In 2017, the dam’s storage had reached beyond the halfway mark. But in all the other years, the dam had been able to store very little water, the source added.
Apart from Nazare, Pimpalgaon Joge and Visapur are the two other dams in the Bhima basin that always record low water levels. On Saturday, the stock in Pimpalgaon Joge was at 60% and Visapur at 19%.
Khadakwasla continues discharge at 3,424 cusecs
The water discharge from Khadakwasla was maintained at 3,424 cusecs on Saturday. Barring Temghar, which recorded 2mm rain, no rainfall was recorded at Panshet, Varasgaon and Khadakwasla on Saturday. Water discharge was also initiated from Mulshi dam at the rate of 5,000 cusecs on Saturday evening, after its catchments recorded spells of rain.
In 2011, the dam had overflown, but after that the storage had never reached its full capacity.
Heavy rain in the dam’s catchments in the past two weeks led to massive inflow of water in the reservoir and filled it to its maximum capacity. The dam recorded 479mm rainfall till Saturday, as compared to last year’s total rainfall of 530mm.
Nazare’s total capacity is 0.78 TMC and it can hold 0.59 TMC live water storage.
A source from the irrigation department said Nazare was considered a major dam in the eastern part of the district, where rainfall activity is very low. On Saturday, the dam released water into the Karha river at the rate of 60 cusecs, which flowed into a canal to benefit the parched areas of Purandar and Baramati. The dam irrigates around 3,200 hectares of farms in Purandar and Baramati talukas of Pune district.
In 2017, the dam’s storage had reached beyond the halfway mark. But in all the other years, the dam had been able to store very little water, the source added.
Apart from Nazare, Pimpalgaon Joge and Visapur are the two other dams in the Bhima basin that always record low water levels. On Saturday, the stock in Pimpalgaon Joge was at 60% and Visapur at 19%.
Khadakwasla continues discharge at 3,424 cusecs
The water discharge from Khadakwasla was maintained at 3,424 cusecs on Saturday. Barring Temghar, which recorded 2mm rain, no rainfall was recorded at Panshet, Varasgaon and Khadakwasla on Saturday. Water discharge was also initiated from Mulshi dam at the rate of 5,000 cusecs on Saturday evening, after its catchments recorded spells of rain.
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