Nashik Water Crisis: Eight Out Of City's 24 Dams Run Dry, Water Level Declining Critically

Nashik Water Crisis: Nashik in Maharashtra is experiencing an unprecedented water crisis, which is expected to worsen as at least eight of the district's 24 dams have gone entirely dry, reducing water stock to catastrophic levels.

According to officials, at least 8 of Nashik's 24 dams have run dry, aggravating the water scarcity crisis in the blazing heat. As of June 5, the remaining 16 dams held 5,862 MCFT (8.93 percent) of water stock, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

According to them, the dams at Ojharkhed, Punegaon, Tisgaon, Bhavali, Waldevi, Bhojapur, Nagasakya, and Manikpunj are dry, but the 1,273 MCFT stock in the Gangapur dam, which feeds water to Nashik city, is still there.

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Experts say that the low water stock in the region is a result of last year's relatively dry monsoon, which saw the Nashik district get just 70 per cent of its usual rainfall, so creating a drought-like situation.

According to district officials, tankers are delivering drinking water to the inhabitants. Due to a poor monsoon season last year, Nashik is currently experiencing a serious water issue. They expected that the issue would be lessened by an abundance of rain during this year's monsoon, which would aid in returning the water stock levels to their typical levels.

The majority of wells and other water sources in Nashik's rural areas have dried up, adding to the people's misery due to the region's unusual heat wave, they claimed.