The directive came days after the state government barred the use of dam water for irrigation, with an eye on conserving drinking water until fresh inflows replenish reservoirs | Mumbai news

Chairing a review meeting on water storage in dams under the Krishna and Godavari river basins held at the Irrigation building, Vikhe-Patil also ordered strict action against…

In a circular issued on Saturday, principal secretary of the irrigation department Eknath Dawale said that water reserves earmarked for drinking purposes shall not be used for any…