06 May,2025 05:49 PM IST | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra) | mid-day online correspondent
In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra, 259 tankers are supplying water to 177 villages and 31 hamlets. Representational Pic/File
Around 278 villages in Maharashtra's Marathwada region are dependent on tankers for water supply, and more than 400 tankers are catering to them, officials said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.
The water scarcity is the most acute in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, as per the report issued by the divisional commissioner's office, according to the PTI.
Marathwada, a central Maharashtra region, comprises eight districts.
The report said 435 tankers are currently supplying water to 278 villages and 99 hamlets.
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Despite above-150 mm average rain in Marathwada in May, 370 villages getting water through tankers
In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, 259 tankers are supplying water to 177 villages and 31 hamlets, as per the PTI.
District-wise numbers of tankers ferrying water includes the following-
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar - 259
- Jalna-120
- Parbhani - 1
- Hingoli -1
- Nanded - 18
- Beed - 26
- Latur - 3
- Dharashiv- 7
No water cuts for Mumbai despite low lake levels: BMC
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said it will not start water cuts for the city even as only 22.66 per cent of the water stock remains in its dams.
The decision was taken after a high-level meeting held by Mumbai civic chief Bhushan Gagrani on Monday.
Future decisions will be taken based on rainfall forecasts in coordination with the meteorological department, said the BMC. Gagrani, who held a high-level meeting with the civic hydraulic department, reviewed the current water stock. Additional Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar, hydraulic engineer Purushottam Malvade, and other concerned officials were present during the meeting.
Water stock in all seven lakes has decreased amidst heat leading to evaporation. The current water stock is 3.28 lakh million litres (ML) which is 22.66 per cent of the total capacity. The state government has allotted water from the reserved stock, the civic body said. According to the BMC, the state government irrigation department has approved 68,000 million litres from the Upper Vaitarna and 1.13 lakh million liters of the water from Bhatsa Dam reserved stock.
(with PTI inputs)
