Water Watch: Water levels in dams in Nagpur region of Maharashtra - By district [29 Feb 2020]

Bawanthadi Dam - Bhandara. At 68% of its live capacity of 217,000 million litres, compared to 24% at the same time last year. Data as on 25 Oct 2019.

Gosikhurd Dam - Bhandara. At 23% of its live capacity of 740,000 million litres, compared to 22% at the same time last year. Data as on 25 Dec 2019.

Asolamendha Dam - Chandrapur. At 91% of its live capacity of 52,000 million litres, compared to 38% at the same time last year. Data as on 20 Feb.

Dina Dam - Gadchiroli. At 0% of its live capacity of 68,000 million litres, compared to 37% at the same time last year. Data as on 01 Jun 2019.

Itiadoh Dam - Gondia. At 67% of its live capacity of 318,000 million litres, compared to 34% at the same time last year. Data as on 27 Feb.

Kalisarar Dam - Gondia. At 0% of its live capacity of 26,000 million litres, compared to 55% at the same time last year. Data as on 27 Feb.

Pujaritola P.U.Weir Dam - Gondia. At 74% of its live capacity of 44,000 million litres, compared to 55% at the same time last year. Data as on 27 Feb.

Sirpur Dam - Gondia. At 95% of its live capacity of 1,60,000 million litres, compared to 24% at the same time last year. Data as on 14 Jan.

Kamthi Khairy Dam (aka Pench Dam) - Nagpur. At 53% of its live capacity of 142,000 million litres, compared to 30% at the same time last year. Located inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, the dam provides 70% of drinking water to Nagpur city.

Khindsi Dam - Nagpur. At 17% of its live capacity of 103,000 million litres, compared to 11% at the same time last year.

Nand Dam (aka Wadgaon Dam) - Nagpur. At 36% of its live capacity of 53,000 million litres, compared to 17% at the same time last year. Data as on 18 Feb.

Wadgaon Dam - Nagpur. At 72% of its live capacity of 135,000 million litres, compared to 34% at the same time last year. Provides water to the Mihan-SEZ. Solar Floater modules were mounted at the dam via a Tech Mahindra initaitve. The solar-generated power will be used to pump water from the dam to the nearby farming lands. Data as on 14 Feb.

Bor Dam - Wardha. At 53% of its live capacity of 127,000 million litres, compared to 14% at the same time last year. Data as on 21 Feb.

Lower Wardha Dam - Wardha. At 69% of its live capacity of 217,000 million litres, compared to 13% at the same time last year. The dam was filled to full capacity and water had to be released on 16 Sep 2019, the first time since construction of dam in 2011.