Maharashtra Dams' Water Levels Drop To 22.06%, 8.8% Lesser Than Last Year

The average water stock in nearly 3,000 dams in Maharashtra is down to 22.06%, with the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division recording the lowest at 8.78%, an official said on Friday. As per an official report, the stock has depleted by 0.58% in the last two days.

The state has 2,997 large, medium and small dams, and the highest number of 920 reservoirs were in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division.

The current stock of 22.06% is 8.8% less than the stock recorded on May 31 last year, the report stated.

The Pune division has the second lowest stock of 15.67%, followed by Nashik (24.06%), Konkan (34.22%), Nagpur (38.17%) and 38.56% in Amravati, it said.

As of May 29, as many as 3,072 villages and 7,931 hamlets in 25 districts were being supplied water through tankers, it was stated.