Pune Dam

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

The Pune district administration on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders at several popular picnic spots, including Bhushi Dam and the Pavana Dam region in Maval tehsil, effective from July 2 to 31 to ensure tourist safety during the monsoon season.

The Pune district administration has issued guidelines for tourists in view of the monsoon, following the death of a woman and four children after being swept away at a waterfall near Bhushi Dam in Lonavala.

The bodies of all five people swept away in a waterfall near Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala area were found on Monday with that of the last missing person, a 4-year-old boy, being fished out in the evening, an official said.

A family outing turned tragic when a woman and two girls drowned at a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala area on Sunday. Two children in the 4-9 age group remain missing.

Six persons, including two children, drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra's Pune district, officials said on Wednesday.

In a tragic incident, as many as two missing girls who drowned in Pune's Khadakwasla Dam Water were declared dead, informed officials today.

The traffic on Pune-Solapur Highway was disrupted after parts of the road were flooded due to incessant rains and rise in the level of backwater of Ujani dam on Wednesday evening, the police said.

The Maharashtra government has decided to stop diversion of water from a dam to Pune's Baramati area, the bastion of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, and move the supply to some of the state's scarcity-hit areas, an official said Thursday.

Three members of a family, including a minor, drowned in the backwaters of a dam near Talegaon in the district during a picnic on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Three MBA students, including a girl, drowned while taking a swim at the Mulshi Dam here on Thursday morning, police said.

The netting of a dead carnivorous fish native to North America in Pavana Dam near Pune has put the state Fisheries department on alert mode as its presence could adversely affect the bio-diversity of the water body.

The bodies of the four doctors from Solapur who drowned on Sunday were recovered early on Monday morning. The quartet was on the boat taking selfies when it tipped and capsized on Sunday at around 5.30 pm. While one body was recovered later in the evening, the other three were fished out of the water the next morning.

Owing to good rainfall in the catchment areas of dams in the recent days, the district administration today announced the withdrawal of water cuts in Pune city.

Owing to heavy rains in the catchment areas, the Irrigation Department on Wednesday released water from Khadakwasla dam near Pune into the Mutha river, that passes through the city, which affected the low-lying localities.

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

The Pune district administration on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders at several popular picnic spots, including Bhushi Dam and the Pavana Dam region in Maval tehsil, effective from July 2 to 31 to ensure tourist safety during the monsoon season.

The Pune district administration has issued guidelines for tourists in view of the monsoon, following the death of a woman and four children after being swept away at a waterfall near Bhushi Dam in Lonavala.

The bodies of all five people swept away in a waterfall near Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala area were found on Monday with that of the last missing person, a 4-year-old boy, being fished out in the evening, an official said.

A family outing turned tragic when a woman and two girls drowned at a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala area on Sunday. Two children in the 4-9 age group remain missing.

Six persons, including two children, drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra's Pune district, officials said on Wednesday.

In a tragic incident, as many as two missing girls who drowned in Pune's Khadakwasla Dam Water were declared dead, informed officials today.

The traffic on Pune-Solapur Highway was disrupted after parts of the road were flooded due to incessant rains and rise in the level of backwater of Ujani dam on Wednesday evening, the police said.

The Maharashtra government has decided to stop diversion of water from a dam to Pune's Baramati area, the bastion of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, and move the supply to some of the state's scarcity-hit areas, an official said Thursday.

Three members of a family, including a minor, drowned in the backwaters of a dam near Talegaon in the district during a picnic on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Three MBA students, including a girl, drowned while taking a swim at the Mulshi Dam here on Thursday morning, police said.

The netting of a dead carnivorous fish native to North America in Pavana Dam near Pune has put the state Fisheries department on alert mode as its presence could adversely affect the bio-diversity of the water body.

The bodies of the four doctors from Solapur who drowned on Sunday were recovered early on Monday morning. The quartet was on the boat taking selfies when it tipped and capsized on Sunday at around 5.30 pm. While one body was recovered later in the evening, the other three were fished out of the water the next morning.

Owing to good rainfall in the catchment areas of dams in the recent days, the district administration today announced the withdrawal of water cuts in Pune city.

Owing to heavy rains in the catchment areas, the Irrigation Department on Wednesday released water from Khadakwasla dam near Pune into the Mutha river, that passes through the city, which affected the low-lying localities.