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Palghar: Tansa dam that supplies drinking water to Mumbai is full

Updated on: 14 July,2022 10:17 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Palghar district collector Manik Gursal said this in a statement while also warning the people living downstream to exercise caution in view of the development

Palghar: Tansa dam that supplies drinking water to Mumbai is full

Tansa dam. Pic/BMC

On Thursday, the officials from Palghar announced that the Tansa dam, one of the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to Mumbai, is now full due to heavy rainfall in the catchment area.


In a statement, the Palghar district collector Manik Gursal also warned the people living downstream to exercise caution in view of the development.


"Tansa dam is now about to overflow with incessant showers in its catchment areas in the last some days. We have warned the people residing downstream of the Tansa river about the possibility of rising water levels," he said.


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"The dam has a height of 128.17 meters and its overflow level is 128.63 meters. There are strong chances of it would overflow soon," he added.

Built at the end of the 19th century, the dam is the third largest water body that supplies drinking water to the state capital after Bhatsa and Upper Vaitarna dams.

(with inputs from PTI)

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