Post-monsoon showers fill up reservoirs in parched Latur

October 23, 2019 13:01

Post-monsoon rains have come as a welcome relief for Latur in Maharashtra as reservoirs have got filled, reducing water scarcity in the perennially parched Marathwada district, officials said on Wednesday. Two major barrages and Manjara dam, the key sources of drinking water for Latur city, now have enough stock to last till June 10 next year, a civic official told PTI.

"The city may now not need tankers for water supply this year," he said. Latur had deficient monsoon rains this year and the government was planning to take up new projects to ease the situation on an urgent basis, another official said. But, things have improved due to the post-monsoon showers and there is no need for such projects as of now, he added.

Rains in the last four days have filled up the Nagzari and Sai barrages to their maximum storage capacity, Latur Municipal Commissioner M D Singh said. "These two barrages have a storage capacity of 3.48 million cubic metre each. We have forwarded a proposal to the district collector to keep this water reserved for drinking purposes," he said. -- PTI

File pic: Large swathes of land in Kolhapur were flooded in August.

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