KOLHAPUR: A day after receiving moderate rainfall, the city remained considerably dry on Monday.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials, the city will receive moderate rainfall for the next two days which will be followed by thundershowers.Though the city received less rainfall on Sunday and Monday, the other parts of district, adjacent to Western Ghats continued to receive heavy rainfall. As per IMD forecast, Kolhapur city will receive moderate rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the sky will remain cloudy.The intensity is likely to increase from Thursday onwards with one or two spells of rainfall or thundershowers. The city will experience rain or thundershower on June 16 and 17.According to district administration officials, Kolhapur received 35.86mm rainfall on Monday with Chandgad taluka receiving maximum 101mm rainfall. The rainfall in other talukas was 9.75mm in Hatkanangle, 2.14mm in Shirol, 17.42mm in Panhala , 21.83mm in Shahuwadi, 41.83mm in Radhanagari, 65mm in Gaganbawada, 16.18mm in Karveer, 38mm in Kagal, 28.42mm in Gadhinglaj, 50.20mm in Bhudargad and 38.25mm in Ajara taluka.Though Kolhapur received moderate rainfall, Sangli district is yet to receive rainfall and the district reported only 3.6mm rainfall on Monday with Shirala taluka receiving the maximum 21.8mm of rain.The water levels in the dams from South Maharashtra will also rise following increase in the rainfall in the catchment area. The water in Warna dam (Sangli district) is 14.20 TMC, while its capacity is 34.40 TMC. The water available in Koyna dam from Satara district is 27.36 TMC and the capacity of dam is 105.25 TMC.In Kolhapur district , the water in Radhanagari dam having capacity of 8.36 TMC is 2.81 TMC. The capacity of Dudhganga dam is 25.40 TMC and at present the dam has 6.44 TMC water.

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