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The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on May 30,
2019 was 31.65 BCM, which is 20% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at
21 for the week ending on May 23, 2019. The level of water storage in the week ending on May 30,
2019 was 114% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 103% 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 7.56 BCM which is 42% of total live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 14% 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 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 4.02 BCM which is 21% 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 19% 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 3.53 BCM which is 11% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage
during corresponding period of last year was 15% and average storage of last ten years during
corresponding period was 19% 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 10.62 BCM which is 25% of total live storage capacity
of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 23% and average storage
of last ten years during corresponding period was 21% 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 5.91
BCM which is 11% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding
period of last year was 12% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 15%
of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less 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, Gujarat,Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. States having equal
storage than last year for corresponding period are AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states) and
Karnataka. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding period are Rajasthan,
Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
