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AURANGABAD: Water right activists are pressing for early release of water into Jayakwadi from upstream dams located in Nashik and Ahmednagar in order minimize the transition losses as the canal system becomes completely dry by the end of October.As the region is staring at possible acute water scarcity, immediate steps have been sought for the desired release of water. The state water resources department (WRD), in a meeting held on Monday, has decided in favour of release of 6.07 TMC water into Jayakwadi from upstream dams.Water right activist Abhijit Dhanorkar said the WRD authorities should have issued the order for desired water release on Monday itself. It will help in deciding amount of water to be released from each group of dam towards Jayakwadi," he said. "Around 40% transition losses take place during release of water from the source to the destination. "As told earlier, we have been taking exact stock of situation of water usage by different dams during Kharif season..