nashik the water resources department has released water for manmad and yeola nashik districts two urban pockets the reservoir stock in both the towns had fallen and the local civic bodies had requested the water resources department to release water from the dam at dindoriin a major relief to the parched areas of nandgaon and yeola talukas of nashik the wrd has released water from the karanjwan dam into palkhed dam then through its canals the water has been released to the two towns said a senior wrd officer of the palkhed division according to the officer about 600 million cubic feet or 06tmc of water is being released for drinking purposes only from this the manmad town will get 004tmc of water yeola will get 004tmc and the railways manmad will get 002tmc the 38village regional water supply scheme will get 002tmc of water as wellthe volume of water released is high when compared to the water consumption by the beneficiaries this is because the officials have taken into consideration factors like evaporation and percolation as the water travels through the canalmanmad municipal councils chief officer sachin patel said the water is about to reach the patoda reservoir after that it will be pumped into the waghdardi dam from where it will be treated and provided to the citizenscurrently we are able to provide drinking water to our citizens once in 18 to 20 days the availability of water will help us provide water after every 13th day this is the last rotation of water we are receiving before monsoon said patel similar is the case with yeola where residents currently are getting water every sixth day in the normal course the council would have been able to supply water every fourth day however citing the possibility of el nino affecting the monsoon the council will maintain the cycle to save some water a senior officer from the council said