Nagpur: The water level in the dam in this region is quite low from last year.
The situation is much better if the record of the last five years is considered.
The main dam in the Nagpur Division, which includes districts in East Vidarbha, an average of 72% full of their capacity.
Level at 84% in the second week of September last year.
In the Amravati division consisting of West Vidarbha Regency, Big Dam had 70% of water from the capacity of Penh River in Madhya Pradesh.
The Totladoh Dam on the Pest River on the Maharashtra side serves the water supply of City Nagpur.
At present, the dam is filled up to 82% of its capacity.
Reservoir Kampee Khairi, which attracts water from Totladoh, now has 71% water.
In the same period last year the two dams had 95% of water.
The level in the Gosikhurd Dam, which is the largest dam in the region, is at 62% due to 55% during the same period last year the overall situation is still convenient, according to officials at Vidarbha Irigasi Development Corporation (VIDC).
The dam currently has 833 million cubic meters (MCM) water.
It was more than 930 mcm on the same day last year.
In 2018 and 2017, Dams have 280 and 230 mcm water.
There are 18 main dams in the Nagpur Division having 2,572 mcm of water.
It fell 400mcc compared to an average of 2020 and 2019.
However, if the level from 2016 to 2018 visible, the dam here has more than 500 mcm more water.
The worse is 2018 when the level in all large dams has dipped almost 1,300 mcm.
The Amravati division has eight large projects that have water 1,328 MCM which is less than levels in 2019 and 2020.
In 2017 the rate has touched around 620 MCM Poo Dam in full yavatmal.
Nalganga, Pentakli and KhakrakPurnurna, three large dams in Buldhana Regency are prone to drought, each of which has 50%, 51% and 88% of water.
The level is lower by 10% -20% compared to last year.