It has been raining since Sunday over Pune district areas
Widespread precipitation occurred across Pune district during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30am on Nov 2. Indapur recorded exceptionally heavy downpours, measuring a staggering 131mm of rainfall, followed by severe precipitation in Baramati at 77.2mm. Ambegaon witnessed 49.5mm of rainfall, while Shivajinagar registered 41.1mm. Other regions experiencing significant rainfall included Talegaon Dhamdhere (39.5mm), Shirur (39mm), Hadapsar (35.5mm), Haveli (35mm), and Magarpatta (30.5mm). In terms of cumulative water availability, the four dams in Khadakwasla circle had 23.47 TMC (80.5%) water stock on Monday evening. Bhama Askhed, which received 19mm of rainfall on Monday, had 6.6 TMC live water storage (86.14%) of its capacity.
Officials from the irrigation department said that to push up water levels, dams will require at least a day-long continuous spell of rain. Moderate to heavy showers were recorded across several key locations and urban sub-divisions. Catchments of dams that provide water to Pune also recorded showers. However, the rainfall did not lead to any immediate increase in water levels. Khadakwasla dam registered 8mm of rainfall, while Temghar recorded 5mm, Panshet 13mm and Varasgaon 11mm till Monday morning. Cloudy conditions prevailed all day over catchments. However, dams failed to record continuous rainfall.