Monsoon fills up all Major Dams in and around Jaipur
Rajasthan capital Jaipur and the other parts of the state, have received heavy rainfall at many places in the last few weeks. The almost regular rains in the city have provided plentiful of water to all major reservoirs in and around the Jaipur city.
An officer from the Jaipur MET office said that it is expected that the state will get more rainfall when compared to last year. He also told that 3 more spells of south west monsoon are left according to experts.
Let’s check out the water levels different dams in the state have attained this season till date.
|
Reservoir |
Place |
Attained water level |
Full capacity |
|
Jawahar Sagar |
Kota |
297.24RL/m |
298.70RL/m |
|
Kota Barrage dam |
Kota |
259.17RL/m |
260.30RL/m |
|
Parvati dam |
Dholpur |
230.10RL/m |
223.41RL/m |
|
Mahi dam |
Banswara |
272.10RL/m |
281.50RL/m |
|
Bisalpur |
|
310.55RL/m |
315.50RL/m |
9% increase in rainfall
The Rajasthan state has received a rainfall of 317.55 mm till July, 2016 when compared to receiving 249.38 mm in 2015 by this time. So far, the state has received 9% more rainfall than last year’s rainfall by this time.
Expect more rains in the coming weeks
The state has just received the second spell of the south west monsoon this week. 3 more spells are left according to experts.
