The
Water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week
ending on February 9, 2017 was 74.977 BCM, which is 48% of total
storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 48% of the week ending 02
February 2017, 127% of the storage of corresponding
period of last year and 102% 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 6.41 BCM
which is 36% 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 41% of live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding
period of last year and is also 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 13.05 BCM
which is 69% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage
during corresponding period of last year was 51% and average storage of last
ten years during corresponding period was 56% 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.
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 16.63 BCM which is 61% of total
live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding
period of last year was 34% and average storage of last ten years during
corresponding period was 56% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
Thus, storage during current year is better than the storage of last year and
is also better 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 25.64 BCM which is 61% of total live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 48% and
average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 42% of live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is
better than the storage of last year and is also better 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 13.26 BCM which is
26% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 25% and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 43% 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 Punjab,
Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states),
Telangana and Karnataka. States having lesser storage than last year for
corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Andhra
Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Samir/JKD/sk
