Summary:
A broad schedule of water release was chalked out in the meeting and the water supply to rural parts had been curtailed for now,” an official said. The water release will begin from the next week and will be carried out in two rotations of 3.5TMC of water each. The irrigation department assured that repair works had been completed at the spot.The department has been recently pushing the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to cut the city’s daily water consumption from 1,350 MLD to 1,150 MLD. Officials of the irrigation department pointed out that the depletion in water level was because of the water released to rural areas due to scanty rainfall during monsoon “The rural parts received low rainfall all through the monsoon. The committee also approved the release of about 4.5TMC of water during the summer season.The water will flow into the Mutha right canal, which had recently breached near the Janata Vasahat..