The water
storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on November
09, 2017 was 105.984 BCM, which is 67% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was
at 69 for the week ending on November 02, 2017. The level of water storage in
the week ending on November 09, 2017 was 96% of the storage of
corresponding period of last year and 96% of storage of average of last ten years.
The total
storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 157.799 BCM
which is about 62% of the total storage
capacity of 253.388 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 12.75 BCM which is 71% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 65% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 73% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage
during 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.
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 14.69 BCM which is 78% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 83% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 75% 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 27.07 BCM. The total live storage available in
these reservoirs is 20.25 BCM which is 75% of total live storage capacity of
these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 83%
and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 77% 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 25.57 BCM which is
60% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 88% and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 68% 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.
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 32.73 BCM which is 63% of total live storage
capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last
year was 45% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period
was 66% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during
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.
States having better storage
than last year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab, West Bengal, Tripura, Uttarakhand, AP&TG (Two combined projects in
both states), Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. States having
equal storage than last year for corresponding period is Maharashtra. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding
period are Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
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