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Maharashtra dams have 50 percent water stock; worry looms over Vidarbha
Updated On: 11 March, 2018 12:50 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The monsoon in Maharashtra generally gets over by September and according to the Maharashtra Economic Survey, tabled in the legislature on Wednesday, the state received only 84 per cent of its average rainfall last year


Dams in Maharashtra have more than 50 per cent water stock of their capacity, which is 5 per cent higher compared to the corresponding six-month period last year, a water resources department official has said. "Dams in the state have 508.19 TMC water as on today (October 2017 to March 10, 2018), which is 50.18 per cent (of their capacity). There are 3,246 dams of various sizes in the state and they have a total water storage of 1,338 TMC (thousand million cubic feet)," he said.
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