Following orders from Gariaband district administration, water from Sikasar dam had been released for domestic use in the district.
The administration has also formed has formed a team to prevent theft of water from the pipelines.
Meanwhile, Executive Engineer Water Resources Department VK Vachhani informed that in the view of water scarcity, this Rabi season, farmers would not be supplied water from Sikasar dam for irrigation purposes.
The district administration has formed six teams that are keeping an eye on water supply.
Due to previous weak monsoon, the dam did not receive good quantity of water and is currently filled up to half of its capacity (around 52 percent) officials said.
Sikasar dam is presently releasing 450 cusecs of water from April 15 so that villages that are situated on the river bank could get water for daily use and may not have to face problem in summer season ahead.
According to officials, the blazing sun has dried most of the small water bodies in the district. There are 48 small water bodies in the district which are having very less quantity of water. Sixteen water bodies have around 35 percent water while 32 have 20 percent to 1 percent water stored.
This water supply will continue for one month and according to the estimate, it will exhaust 0.5 percent of water in dam daily, officers said.