Storage status of 91 major reservoirs of the country as on April 13, 2016
Storage status of 91 major reservoirs of the country as on
April 13, 2016
The water
storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on April
13, 2016 was 35.839
BCM which is 23% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 67% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 77% of storage 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. 37 Reservoirs out of these 91, have
hydropower benefit with installed capacity of more than 60 MW.
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 4.15 BCM which is 23% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 35% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 30% 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.
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 6.40 BCM which is 34% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 46% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 35% 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 27.07 BCM. The total live storage available in
these reservoirs is 4.79 BCM which is 18% of total live storage capacity of
these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 36%
and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 40% 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 42.30
BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 12.95 BCM which is
31% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 39% and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 26% 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, AP&TG (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 7.55 BCM which is 15% of total live storage
capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last
year was 24% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period
was 25% 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 Andhra Pradesh
and Tripura. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding
period are Himachal
Pradesh, AP&TG (Two combined project in both states), Punjab, West Bengal,
Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
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