Last Updated on November 8, 2026 8:42 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
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The water storage in dams across Maharashtra has declined to 65.79 per cent of their total live storage capacity. According to the State Water Resources Department’s report dated November 8th, 2026, the state’s 3,042 major, medium and minor irrigation projects together hold 26,979 million cubic metres of live water storage. On the corresponding date last year, the storage stood at 90.67 per cent, indicating a decline of nearly 25 percentage points.
Among the revenue divisions, Konkan has the highest water storage at 83.34 per cent, followed by Pune at 76.32 per cent and Nashik at 75.56 per cent. Nagpur division has 57.99 per cent storage, while Amravati has 53.97 per cent. Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division has the lowest storage at 38.39 per cent.
Category-wise, major projects have 73.16 per cent water storage, medium projects 58.43 per cent and minor projects 38.02 per cent. On the same date last year, the storage in major projects was 97.09 per cent. The figures indicate that water storage across all categories of projects and most regions of the state is lower than last year.