India, March 17 -- In the wake of dropping water levels in the dams around Pune, the Irrigation department has asked the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to use water judiciously ahead of the summer season.

The four dams of the Khadakwasla project-Khadakwasla, Temghar, Panshet, and Varasgaon-supply drinking water to Pune city. Currently, these dams hold a collective storage of 15.55 TMC water, which will be enough to last only two and a half months. However, the city needs about 2.5 Thousand Million Cubic feet (TMC) more water to last until the monsoon begins. If water is not used carefully, the city could be staring at a water crisis in the coming months.

Shweta Kurhade, executive engineer of the Khadakwasla Irrigation division, said, ...