Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Morbe Dam fills up; NMMC does traditional thanksgiving `jal poojan`

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Dam filled up in August, says civic chief

The dam filled up in August, NMMC commissioner-administrator Kailash Shinde said. 

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Minister Ganesh Naik conducts `jal poojan`

"The 450 MLD per day capacity Morbe Dam located in Khalapur taluka on Dhavari River has reached full storage capacity. The Morbe dam area recorded 3901 mm of rainfall till date and the water level has crossed 88 meters. The dam has a water storage capacity of 190.89 MCM," it said. Jal poojan was done by forest minister Ganesh Naik in the presence of civic officials, it added. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Morbe Dam fills up; Navi Mumbai civic body does traditional thanksgiving `jal poojan`
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) on Monday performed `jal poojan` ceremony at Morbe Dam, which is carried out as a thanksgiving ritual when the dam reaches full capacity in the monsoon, officials said. After Independence, Navi Mumbai is the only civic body to have its own dam, a release said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis govt trying to divert attention from farmers’ suicides, unemployment, says Wadettiwar

The Devendra Fadnavis government is trying to divert attention from issues like farmers` suicides, unemployment, and the state`s financial crisis, he alleged. "The state government is trying to pit Marathas and OBCs against each other. While farmers are taking their own lives, the government is playing politics over quotas," Wadettiwar said.