Water level in Gangapur dam crosses 65 mark

  • | Sunday | 15th July, 2018

The Girna Dam complex only added 801 mcft of water during this period.“The northern areas of the district however have not been receiving expected amount of rain,” the officer added. The complex provides water for domestic purposes as well as for agricultural and industrial use. The water storage is lower by eight percentage points than the corresponding time during last year,” said an official concerned.Across the 24 major, medium and minor dams in the district, 6.77 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water was added to the storage during the five day period, of which 2.1 TMC water was added on Saturday alone.The water levels in Girna Dam however have failed to add much during the period. Nashik: The water level in Gangapur dam has crossed the 65-percent mark of the storage capacity, as it has been raining heavily in its catchment areas in Trimbakeshwar taluka of Nashik district.The Gangapur dam complex – comprising Gangapur, Gautami Godavari and Kashyapi dams — collectively recorded 59 percent of the storage capacity, amounting to 4,746 mcft of water, by SaturdayNotably, the NMC annually gets 3,900 million cubic feet (mcft) of water, for drinking purpose, from Gangapur Dam complex, which has a capacity to store 7,485 mcft.Experts say that a few more bouts of rain will ensure that the complex gets the requisite amount of water for the city’s domestic purpose.The storage in Gangapur dam alone was recorded at 2,390 mcft on Wednesday, which rose to 3,667 mcft on Sunday, as the taluka received almost around 250 mm rainfall during the period.The Trimbak taluka received 99 mm of rains on Saturday – the highest in the season so far.“The complex storage is half filled at this time.

Nashik: The water level in Gangapur dam has crossed the 65-percent mark of the storage capacity, as it has been raining heavily in its catchment areas in Trimbakeshwar taluka of Nashik district.The Gangapur dam complex – comprising Gangapur, Gautami Godavari and Kashyapi dams — collectively recorded 59 percent of the storage capacity, amounting to 4,746 mcft of water, by SaturdayNotably, the NMC annually gets 3,900 million cubic feet (mcft) of water, for drinking purpose, from Gangapur Dam complex, which has a capacity to store 7,485 mcft.Experts say that a few more bouts of rain will ensure that the complex gets the requisite amount of water for the city’s domestic purpose.The storage in Gangapur dam alone was recorded at 2,390 mcft on Wednesday, which rose to 3,667 mcft on Sunday, as the taluka received almost around 250 mm rainfall during the period.The Trimbak taluka received 99 mm of rains on Saturday – the highest in the season so far.“The complex storage is half filled at this time. The complex provides water for domestic purposes as well as for agricultural and industrial use. The water storage is lower by eight percentage points than the corresponding time during last year,” said an official concerned.Across the 24 major, medium and minor dams in the district, 6.77 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water was added to the storage during the five day period, of which 2.1 TMC water was added on Saturday alone.The water levels in Girna Dam however have failed to add much during the period. The Girna Dam complex only added 801 mcft of water during this period.“The northern areas of the district however have not been receiving expected amount of rain,” the officer added.

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