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However, the underlying fact is it is a manmade disaster and a calamity of priorities,’’ said Dr Sudhir Bhongle, an expert on water and flood management. The water levels in dams should be stored after a thorough study of the rain pattern. However, in our case the dam reservoirs are in nearfull capacity in June-July and heavy rains fill it up fast. “A study of the rain pattern reveals that in every 100 years there is 30 years of drought. “The intensity and frequency of such floods could go up..