Pune: IMD once again issued a very heavy rainfall warning (115.6mm-204.4mm) for five Maharashtra districts, who were recently beaten by heavy rain, landslides and floods.
The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) has issued a very heavy rain warning in isolated places in Raigad and Ratnagiri districts in July 30-31.
Pune District, Kolhapur and Satara have similar warnings for their Ghat region, where some landslides have recently been reported.
The Central Air Commission (CWC) on Tuesday said Panchaganga, Color, Krishna and Jerala river had flowed in danger and the highest flood rate in five places in the state.
Minister of Water Resources Negara Jayant Patil told TII, “It can be a difficult situation if the quantum of rain returns like a recent spell.
If the rain remains within a 200-300 mm limit in a 24 hour period, we might be able to handle it.
But it will be It’s hard to manage anything beyond it, like 400mm or more in a 24-hour period.
“Patil said,” We have notified the IMD to get more details about heavy rain that will come on July 30-31.
Meanwhile, we strive Reducing dam levels in the state by gradually releasing water before heavy rains.
“One concern is heavy rainfall in the free water catchment area (area in front of the dam wall).
“This time, heavy rain is concentrated in a free water catchment area.
For example, rainfall on July 23 is almost 719mm in Navaja near the Koyna Dam.
But rainfall is around 50 km of dam around 250-300 mm.
About 70% of water flowing into the river Due to rain from free water catchment areas.
We have also limited the release of the dam to manage the situation, “Patil said.
Rain in the free water catchment area and water flowing from this region causes flooding in Chiplun Ratnagiri.
Heavy rains in the Sahyadri region and the Koyna region have flooded the shallow rivers of the region of Konkan Coastal, causing flooding in Raigad and Ratnagiri districts during the recent mantra.
Patil said even though the water was gradually released from the state dam, it was not fast enough in several places.
“We are waiting for the water level to get off in the area of ​​Sangli and Shirol Taluka in Kolhapur.
In addition, the release of water from Rajapur Dam has reached 3.28 lakh cusecs.
This is also the maximum release amount,” he said.
The Secretary of the Relief and Rehabilitation of the State of Aseem Kumar Gupta told TI that great concern was a landslide and the authorities were planning any emergency.
“Floods can still be managed and people can be evacuated on time.
But landslides cannot be predicted and suddenly.
We, however, have enough strength to overcome emergencies,” he said.
Anupam Kashyapi, Head of Weather, IMD, Pune told TII, “The rainfall that is quite extensive with the fall of isolated waterfalls is very possible on the Conkkan and Goa and the Ghat Madhya Maharashtra area for the next two days and can increase with severely isolated.
Weight in this region starting July 29.
Rain will be a result of the low pressure area above the northern bay bengal.
This tends to be a low-pressure area that is well marked in the northern bay of Bengal and side by side and slowly move to the west in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar for the next 48 hours.
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