New Delhi: The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on May 03, 2018 was 35.219 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) which is 22% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
"This percentage was at 23 for the week ending on April 26, 2018. The level of water storage in the week ending on May 03, 2018 was 85% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 90% of storage of average of last ten years", the ministry said.
"The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 161.993 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM). It is about 63% of the total storage capacity of 257.812 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) which is estimated to have been created in the country", the ministry said.
"A total of 37 Reservoirs out of these 91 have hydropower benefit with installed capacity of more than 60 MW", it added.
Regionwise Storage Status as provided by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is given as under.
Northern Region
The Northern Region includes Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are six reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.01 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM). The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 3.45 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) which is 19% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 26% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 27% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. "Thus, storage during the 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", the ministry said.
Eastern Region
The Eastern Region includes Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura. There are 15 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.83 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM). The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 6.42 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) which is 34% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 41% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 28% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. "Thus, storage during the 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", thew ministry said.
Western Region
The Western Region includes Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 31.26 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM). The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 6.97 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) which is 22% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 27% 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 less than the storage of last year and is also less than the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period", the ministry said.
Central Region
The Central region includes Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. There are 12 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 42.30 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM). The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 11.38 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) which is 27% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 38% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 25% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. "Thus, storage during the 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", the ministry said.
Southern Region
The Southern region includes 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 7.00 BCM which is 14% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 9% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 19% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. "Thus, storage during the 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", the ministery said.
"States having better storage than last year for corresponding period are Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states), Andhra Pradesh Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu", the ministry said.
"States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh,Punjab, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana", the ministry added.
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