Team Herald
PANJIM: Even though the monsoon was below par last year, the State has enough water stored in its reservoirs to last till June end, officials in the Water Resources Department told Herald.
The total rainfall in Goa had not touched the ‘magic’ 100-inch mark, adding up to 2388.6mm (94.3 inches), when a total seasonal rainfall of 2971.7mm (116.9 inches) is considered normal.
With neighbouring Maharashtra is facing a drought there were apprehensions that Goa too may face a water crisis due to the below par monsoons. Although Goa has almost 15 percent less water left in its dams as compared to last year, officials say there is enough to last till June end.
WRD Executive Engineer D Y Salelkar said there was enough water in Anjunem dam so there is no reason to panic as of now. “Our daily requirement from Anjunem is 20 hectare metres and at that rate we can easily go on till June end,” he said.
Similarly, officials said that at Selaulim dam too there is enough water to last the summer with 89.48 million cubic metres as the daily requirement is around 0.88 to 0.95 million cubic metres.
According to figures from the Water Resources Department, the water level at Anjunem dam as of Thursday was 12.87 million cubic metres compared to 16.44 million cubic metres last year on the same day.
Similarly, the water level at Selaulim dam is 89.48 million cubic metres when it was 102.04 million cubic metres at this time in 2015. Chapoli dam has 61.94 million cubic metres compared to 67.17 million cubic metres last year. Amthane has 16.16 million cubic metres while the figure last year stood at 17.38 million cubic metres.
Also, Panchwadi has 20.12 million cubic metrs, which was 22.39 million cubic metres on this date last year.
