aurangabad the decision to increase the water cut for industrial use especially for breweries and pharmaceuticals would definitely hit production in the region the district administration has directed the maharashtra industrial development corporation midc officials to further cut water supply to brewery industries by 20 and other industries by 10 the jayakwadi dam hit dead storage last month the increase in water cut has not gone down well with industries and some government officials they argued that considering the per day evaporation loss at jayakwadi reservoir which is 10 times higher than the daily requirement of industries it is better to use the water for industries which provide employment to thousands of people in droughtaffected area some midc officials said the corporation was lifting 56 mld million litres a day water from jayakwadi dam since july 2015 after 10 water cut was implemented of this only 4 to 6 mld water is used as raw material by the breweries while the remaining is used for drinking purposes and other domestic usesthe evaporation loss of jayakwadi since the temperature touched 40 degrees celsius is 20 times more than the industrial requirement and six times more than the citys requirement said the midc officialan official from cada aurangabad division said jayakwadi dam has been recording evaporation loss of around 900 mld daily the evaporation loss recorded is five times the daily industrial and domestic needs of the region including waluj paithan midc jalna aurangabad gangapur cities and around 200 villages known for tourist attractions of ajanta and ellora caves aurangabad is fast emerging as a favoured destination for breweries and pharmaceutical companies there are over 50 pharma companies and 11 liquor and beer manufacturing units in aurangabad considering the water cut industry sources said the industrial production is bound to suffer by 10 to 15 the water cut was started in july 2015 following deficient rainfall however with more water cuts the industry estimates production loss of 10 to 15 said s k bhaumik head brewer lilasons industries ltd adding we have already taken up measures to use water judiciously earlier we used 810 litres of water to produce one litre beer now we are using just to 354 litres of water general manager of atra pharmaceuticals ltd commander anil save said pharmaceutical companies bulk drug manufacturing units foodprocessing units generalprocessing industries steel and cement industries need bulk water supply daily water is used as a coolant in many industries and without it continuous production is not possible with more water cuts our industry may have reduce business volume by about 1020 he said he added that they would now have to depend on tankers pharmaceutical units especially those into liquid drug manufacturing which produce essential products should have been spared from the water cut this situation would not have come if the authorities had taken the desilting of jayakwadi dam seriously for years together the dam has not been properly desilted he added aurangabad division midc executive engineer rahul tidke said