The water
storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on December
07, 2017 was 96.444
BCM which is 61% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was
at 62 for the week ending on November 30, 2017. The level of water storage in
the week ending on December 07, 2017 was 96% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 95% 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 6 reservoirs under CWC
monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live
storage available in these reservoirs is 11.44 BCM which is 64% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 56% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 63% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage
during current year is better than the corresponding period of last year and is
also better 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 14.22 BCM which is 76% of total live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period
of last year was 81% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding
period was 70% 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 18.96 BCM which is 70% of total live storage capacity of
these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 76%
and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 70% of
live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is
less than the storage of last year and is equal to 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 23.62 BCM which is
56% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 81% and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 63% 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 28.20 BCM which is 55% of total live storage
capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last
year was 39% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period
was 61% 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, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, 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
Punjab. 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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