India, July 7 -- Relentless rainfall across the catchment areas of Pune's four major reservoirs - Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon and Temghar (together known as the Khadakwasla dam cluster) - has led to a sharp rise in water storage, with the four dams collectively gaining 2.6 TMC in just 24 hours ending 5 pm on Monday. Khadakwasla dam, in particular, has recorded the biggest increase with water storage more than doubling from 0.31 TMC (15.47%) to 0.68 TMC (34.32%) within 24 hours. With inflows into Khadakwasla dam also increasing sharply from 27 mcft to 294 mcft, indicating the impact of intense rainfall in the upper catchments, the water resources department has issued a precautionary alert asking people to stay away from the Mutha rive...