Incessant rains continued to lash the city and other parts of the district on the third consecutive day on Tuesday throwing normal life out of gear.
Tribal dominated Igatpuri Tehsil received 213 mm rains while 128 mm rains was recorded each in the temple towns of Trimbakeshwar and Peint in the last 24 hours, officials of the district collectorate said.
142 mm rainfall was recorded in Dindori while Surgana received 139 mm rains during the same period. Nashik recorded 95 mm rains in the last 24 hours, they said.
Following the heavy downpour, 13,752 cusecs water was released from the Gangapur dam in the Godavari river while 20,200 cusecs water was released from the Darna dam in the Darna river, officials from the Irrigation department said.
They said 35,928 cuses water was released from the Palkhed dam in Kadava river. As a result of which, rivers Godavari, Darna and Kadava were flowing in spate.
The District administration has issued an alert to residents staying on the bank of river Godavari to move to safer places, the official added.
District Collector Radhakrishnan B and Nashik Police Commissioner S Jagganathan along with senior officials of the Nashik Municipal Corporation are personally monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, Incessant rain continued to lash Goa on Tuesday, throwing normal life out of gear, even as the authorities released water from the Anjunem dam.
Water was released this morning from the Anjunem dam located at the foothills of Sahyadri in Sattari tehsil as the reservoir had crossed the danger level due to heavy downpour, a senior official of the Water Resources Department said.
The water level in the reservoir reached 89 metres, which is just three metres short of its full capacity and hence water was released at 9 AM, he said.
“People living in the vicinity of Kasti river are asked to remain alert as water level of the river will rise which may create flood-like situation in some places,” the official said.
Another dam, Amthane in North Goa, has started overflowing and a decision to release its water will be taken later in the day, he added.
India Meteorological Department officials had yesterday said Goa received almost 87 inches of rain in just two months (June and July), which is 12 inches more than average rainfall.
The IMD has predicted heavy showers for the state till August 4 and has warned fishermen not to venture into sea for the next 24 hours owing to rough sea condition.
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