India, Oct. 12 -- Central Railway has increased the water storage capacity of Amla Railway Reservoir in Nagpur division by 3.5 times through desilting and repair work, strengthening its preparedness to deal with a possible drought situation in Maharashtra. The reservoir's capacity has increased from 93.75 million litres (9.37 crore litres) to 331.95 million litres (33.19 crore litres), adding 238.2 million litres (23.82 crore litres) of storage capacity.

The initiative aims to improve water conservation, ensure better utilisation of available water resources and meet the water requirements of railway operations, particularly amid concerns over a possible drought in Maharashtra and surrounding areas.

As part of the work, desilting was ca...