One Percent Increase in Water Storage Level of 91 Major Reservoirs of the Country Storage Status of 91 Major Reservoirs of the Country
One
Percent Increase in Water Storage Level of 91 Major Reservoirs of the Country
Storage Status of 91 Major Reservoirs of the Country
The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country as on
September 30, 2015 was 95.693 BCM, which is 61% of
total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This is one percent more than the storage
of 95.313 BCM which was recorded on September 23, 2015. The storage
recorded on September 30, 2015 was 77% of the storage of
corresponding period of last year and 77% ofstorage of average of last ten
years.
The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which
is about 62% of the total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which
is estimated to have been created in the country.
REGION WISE STORAGE STATUS:
NORTHERN REGION
The northern region includes
States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are 6 reservoirs under
CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live
storage available in these reservoirs is 15.52 BCM which is 86% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 82% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 84% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage
during current year is better than the corresponding period of last year and is
also better than the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding
period.
EASTERN REGION
The Eastern region includes
States of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura. There are 15 reservoirs
under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total
live storage available in these reservoirs is 13.28 BCM which is 71% of total
live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding
period of last year was 82% and average storage of last ten years during
corresponding period was 78% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding period of last
year and is also less than the average storage of last ten years during the
corresponding period.
WESTERN REGION
The Western region includes
States of Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27 reservoirs under CWC monitoring
having total live storage capacity of 27.07BCM. The total live storage
available in these reservoirs is 16.83 BCM which is 62% of total live storage
capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last
year was 83% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period
was 83% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during
current year is less than the storage of last year and is also less than the
average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.
CENTRAL REGION
The Central region includes
States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. There
are 12 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of
42.30BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 32.48 BCM
which is 77% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage
during corresponding period of last year was 84% and average storage of last
ten years during corresponding period was 70% of live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the storage of last
year but is better than the average storage of last ten years during the
corresponding period.
SOUTHERN REGION
The Southern region includes
States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana (Two combined projects in both states)
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There are 31 reservoirs under CWC monitoring
having total live storage capacity of 51.59 BCM. The total live storage
available in these reservoirs is 17.59 BCM which is 34% of total live storage
capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last
year was 71% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period
was 81% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during
current year is less than the corresponding period of last year and is also
less than the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding
period.
States having better storage than last year for corresponding period are Himachal
Pradesh and Tripura. States having lesser storage than last year for
corresponding period are Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, West
Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, (Two combined project in both states)
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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