Water storage in key reservoirs at 81.48 bcm as of Thu, down 35% on year
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MUMBAI – Water storage in 166 key reservoirs across the country was at 81.48 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, down about 35% from 124.64 bcm a year ago, according to data from the Central Water Commission. The current storage accounted for 44.4% of the total live storage capacity and was nearly 7% below the average storage over the past 10 years, the data showed.
In the northern region, the water level was 8.14 bcm or 41.0% of total live storage capacity. This was down from the 58.8% total live storage capacity recorded the year before. The northern region includes Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab.
Reservoirs in the eastern region held 9.92 bcm or 45.6% of total live storage capacity. At this time last year, the 27 reservoirs held 51.2% of the total live storage capacity. The eastern region includes Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal, and Bihar.
Reservoirs in the western region, which includes Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, held 23.7 bcm or 62.1% of the total live storage capacity. Last year, the 53 reservoirs in the region held 71.1% of total live storage capacity.
In the central region, which includes Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, the 28 reservoirs in the region held 21.1 bcm or 43.4% of total live storage capacity. A year ago, the reservoirs were at 68.1% of total live storage capacity.
The water level in the southern region was 18.65 bcm, or 33.7% of the total live storage capacity of the 47 reservoirs, according to the data. The region includes Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. At this time last year, the water level was 75.4% of the total live storage capacity. End
Reported by Abhijit Doshi
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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