Maharashtra dams full for the first time since 2018; drought areas to receive water this year!

As we gear up for Ganeshotsav, here’s a fantastic bit of news to celebrate! For the first time since 2018, all the major dams in Maharashtra are at 100% water capacity, and sowing operations are all wrapped up. That means our drought-prone areas can look forward to a year without water scarcity!

Big dams like Ujni (Solapur), Koyna (Satara), Jayakwadi (Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar), Bhatsa (Thane), and Vaitrana (Palghar-Thane-Nashik) are at full capacity, as reported by the Water Resources Department.

At the weekly Cabinet meeting, it was revealed that Maharashtra has received 121% of average rainfall this year, and sowing has exceeded expectations at 102%. Notably, last year around this time, average rainfall was 81.4%.

With the Kharif area hitting 144.92 lakh hectares of sowing out of the target 142.02 lakh hectares, and most talukas experiencing rainfall well above 100%. Only five talukas have received 50 to 75% rainfall and 305 talukas have received more than 100% rainfall, they added.