Water level in key reservoirs 165.312 bcm as of Thu, around 91% of capacity
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--Central Water Commission: Key reservoir level as of Thursday 165.31 bcm
--Central Water Commission: Key reservoir level 90.6% of total live capacity
--Central Water Commission: Water level in reservoirs up 104% YoY as of Thu
--Central Water Commission: Reservoir water level 114.8% of 10-yr avg
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – The water level in 161 reservoirs across the country was 165.312 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, down nearly 1% from 166.74 cubic metres a week ago, as per data released by Central Water Commission. The week-on-week fall comes on a slight decrease in the water in east, following the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from the country.
The current level is 91% of the total live storage capacity of 182.48 billion cubic metres. The water level in the reservoirs as of Thursday was nearly 114.8% of the 10-year average.
The reservoir level in central, western, southern, and eastern regions declined week on week. The water level level in key reservoirs in eastern India was 17.664 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, down over 4% from 18.48 billion cubic metres recorded on Oct. 9. The current water level is over 81.18% of the total live storage capacity, down marginally from a year ago. The eastern region includes Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal.
In the southern region, the water level was at 49.301 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, up from 49.14 billion cubic metres the previous week. The storage was nearly 90% of the total live storage capacity across the 45 reservoirs in the region, compared with over 87% a year ago. Southern India includes Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
In the western region, reservoirs held 36.365 billion cubic metres, slightly down from 36.57 billion cubic metres the previous week. The storage as of Thursday was 97.3% of the total live storage capacity, slightly higher than 97% a year ago. The western region comprises Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.
The water level in reservoirs in the central region was 44.746 billion cubic metres, down from 45.24 billion cubic metres a week earlier. The current storage accounts for over 92% of the total live storage capacity, compared with 90% a year ago. This region includes Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
However, water levels in reservoirs of the northern region declined to 17.235 billion cubic metres as of Thursday down from 17.30 billion cubic metres the previous week. The current level is over 87% of the total live storage capacity, higher than 65.4% a year ago. The northern region includes Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan.
Out of the 161 reservoirs, 155 reservoirs reported more than 80% of normal storage, and six had 80% or less. During the week ended Wednesday, 13.3 millimetres of rainfall was reported, 25% below the normal of 17.8 millimetres for the period, according to the India Meteorological Department. End
Reported by Devanshi Verma and Taniva Singha Roy
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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