binod Takiawala
New Delhi, March 28, 2019
The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on
March 28, 2019 was 50.307 BCM, which is 31% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This
percentage was at 33% for the week ending on March 20, 2019. The level of water storage in the week
ending on March 28, 2019 was 110% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 101% of
storage of average of last ten years.
The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 161.993 BCM which is about 63% of the total
storage capacity of 257.812 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 six reservoirs
under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live storage available
in these reservoirs is 8.59 BCM which is 48% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The
storage during corresponding period of last year was 22% and average storage of last ten years during
corresponding period was 27% 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 8.27 BCM which is 44% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
The storage during corresponding period of last year was 47% and average storage of last ten years during
corresponding period was 43% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current
year is less than the corresponding period of last year but is better 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 31.26 BCM. The total live storage available in these
reservoirs is 6.91 BCM which is 22% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 32% 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 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 14.52 BCM which is 34% of total live storage capacity of
these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 31% and average storage of
last ten years during corresponding period was 33% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus,
storage during current year is better than the storage of last year and is also 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 12.02
BCM which is 23% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding
period of last year was 19% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 24% of
live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the corresponding
period of last year but is 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, Punjab,
Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states), Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu. State having equal storage than last year for corresponding period is Odisha. States having lesser
storage than last year for corresponding period are Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
