Aurangabad: After a long break, the city and several parched areas of the district received sustained medium to heavy showers during the 36 hours that ended on Thursday evening with Aurangabad recording over 60 mm of rainfall.
Aurangabad district, whose many parts have been receiving water tankers due to acute water shortage, can witness improvement in water availability in the backdrop of strong revival of monsoon.
While the circle-wise data for rainfall received till Thursday evening was not available immediately, private weather observatory at MGM recorded 63mm of rain in Aurangabad by till 5.30 pm.
Light to medium showers that started on Wednesday midnight continued with varying intensity for the next 36-hours till Thursday evening, making weather conditions pleasurable.
In the wake of poor monsoon, Aurangabad district was supplied with as many as 326 tankers with Gangapur (78), Vaijapur (66) and tehsil limits of Aurangabad (50) witnessing maximum water shortage.
As per official records, Aurangabad was facing nearly 53% water deficit until latest revival of monsoon.
Director of APJ Abdul Kalam Astro Space and Science Centre Shriniwas Aundhkar said cyclonic depression resulted into revival of monsoon in Aurangabad and other parts of the region.
“The good rainfall is likely to continue over the city for next 24-hours.
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