Pune: Sunday was an extremely wet day for Pune district . The catchme0nt of Temghar dam recorded 225mm rain between 6am on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday while Varasgaon received 178mm rain. Panshet recorded 171mm rain, Mulshi (155mm), Pavana (139mm) and Khadakwasla (57mm) for the same period.
Barring Mulshi and Pavana, the three others are located upstream of Khadakwasla and water discharged from them flows into Khadakwasla and into the Mutha River which passes through Pune city. The cumulative effect of a stepped-up discharge reflected in the swollen Mutha River and flood in the low-lying areas off Sinhagad Road in Pune city. A similar situation was caused by the discharge into the Mula and Pavana rivers that pass through Pimpri Chinchwad.
Pavana river passes through the heart of Pimpri Chinchwad, covering over 20km distance, while Mula river covers about 14km in PCMC limits. The discharge from Panshet and Varasgaon dams was increased at the rate of 10,000 cusecs on Sunday morning and further to 11,832 cusecs and 11,858 cusecs, respectively, on Sunday evening. This water flowed into Khadakwasla and irrigation authorities had to increase the discharge to 45,000 cubic foot per second (cusecs) at 5.
30pm on Sunday from the earlier 35,000 cusecs at 11am. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) closed the Jayantrao Tilak Bridge in front of the new PMC headquarters in Shivajinagar for commuters as a precautionary measure. An alert was sounded along all the rivers flowing through Pune district.
The rivers, including Pavana and Mula flowing through Pimpri Chinchwad, swelled after water from Mulshi Dam was released at 27,000 cusecs and Pavana at 4,000 cusecs in the morning and further increased it to 30,218 cusecs and 7,560 cusecs, respectively in the evening. We also published the following articles recently Water discharge from Khadakwasla increased to 45000 cusecs The irrigation department increased water discharge from Khadakwasla Dam to 45,000 cusecs due to heavy rainfall in Varasgaon and Temghar catchments. The PMC relocated 359 people from low-lying areas and closed Tilak Bridge.
Rising water levels from various dams also affected rivers in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, prompting further potential evacuations. High alert as 1.7L cusecs of water flows out of Mettur dam The discharge from Mettur dam was increased to 1.
7 lakh cusecs to manage the flood situation in the Cauvery. This decision came after Karnataka released about 2.2 lakh cusecs from its reservoirs.
Villages along the riverbanks were evacuated, and relief camps were established. Precautionary measures were implemented across affected regions in anticipation of flooding and landslides. PMC relocates 315 residents from low-lying areas in Pune due to heavy rainfall, Khadakwasla dam discharge The Pune Municipal Corporation relocated 315 residents from low-lying areas to municipal schools due to increased water discharge from surrounding dams, causing flooding.
Water levels in major rivers such as Mutha, Pavana, and Mula swelled after heavy rainfall. Additionally, electricity supply was cut in certain areas to prevent hazards posed by the increased water levels..
