Water level in key reservoirs 108.338 bcm as of Thursday, 59% of capacity
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--Central Water Commission: Key reservoir level 108.338 bcm as of Thursday
--Central Water Commission: Key reservoir level 59% of total live capacity
--Central Water Commission: Water level in reservoirs up 12.4% YoY as of Thu
--Central Water Commission: Water level in reservoirs up 25.4% from 10-yr avg
MUMBAI – The water level in 166 key reservoirs of the country was 108.338 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, accounting for 59% of the total live storage capacity, data from the Central Water Commission showed. The water level was up 12.4% from a year ago and 25.4% above average storage over the past 10 years, the data showed.
In the northern region, the water level in reservoirs was 10.908 billion cubic metres, which is 55% of the total live storage capacity. In the same period last year, the water level was 28.3% of the capacity. The northern region includes Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab.
In the eastern region, the water level in reservoirs was 12.464 billion cubic metres, 57.3% of the storage capacity, against 53% in the corresponding period last year. The eastern region includes Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura, Nagaland, West Bengal, and Bihar.
The water level in the western region was 26.557 billion cubic metres, accounting for 69.7% of the storage capacity, as against 64.5% last year. The western region includes Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa.
In the central region, which includes Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Chhattisgarh, the water level in reservoirs was 30.803 billion cubic metres as of Thursday. This is 63.4% of the total live storage capacity, compared with 54.8% a year ago.
The water level in the southern region was 27.606 billion cubic metres, 49.9% of the storage capacity. At this time last year, the water level in the region was 50.7% of the storage capacity.
India received an average of 1.8 millimetres of rainfall in the week ended Wednesday, 70% below the normal 6.1 millimetres for the period, according to the India Meteorological Department. End
Reported by Ashutosh Pati
Edited by Ashish Shirke
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