Pune, 9th July 2026: The Irrigation Department has completely stopped the discharge of water into the Mutha River after inflow into the Khadakwasla Dam came to a halt. A day earlier, the dam was releasing 27,203 cusecs of water, but the discharge has now been reduced to zero as reservoir levels have started declining.
The decision comes even as rainfall continues across the dam catchment areas, although the latest showers have not resulted in sustained inflows into the reservoir.
Despite the recent spell of heavy rain, the four dams of the Khadakwasla project currently hold around 16 TMC of water. On the same date last year, the project had 19.81 TMC of storage, leaving a gap of nearly 4 TMC.
The lower storage, despite improved rainfall in recent days, highlights that reservoir levels are yet to catch up with last year's figures.
The catchment areas continued to receive rainfall during the last 12 hours ending at 6 am.
Khadakwasla: 14 mm rainfall | Reservoir at 99.16%
Panshet: 62 mm rainfall | Reservoir at 56.44%
Varasgaon: 54 mm rainfall | Reservoir at 52.30%
Temghar: 125 mm rainfall | Reservoir at 35.78%
Temghar recorded the highest rainfall during the period, followed by Panshet and Varasgaon.
Before the eight-day spell of continuous rain, reservoir levels across the project were significantly lower. Khadakwasla had received only 87 mm of rainfall during June and stored only 0.30 TMC, or 14.97% of its capacity.
Panshet had recorded 102 mm of rainfall with 1.81 TMC (16.97%) of storage, while Varasgaon had received 98 mm and stored 1.53 TMC (11.91%). Temghar had also recorded 102 mm of rainfall, but its storage remained negligible at the time.
The recent rains have substantially improved water storage across the system. However, with inflows now stopping and the overall storage still below last year's level, reservoir levels will depend on further rainfall during the ongoing monsoon.
