Storage Status of 91 Important Reservoirs of The Country as on August 06, 2015

             The Water storage available in 91 important reservoirs of the country as on August 06, 2015 was 78.366 BCMwhich is 50% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This storage is 93% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 99% of storage of average of last ten years.  The present storage position during current year is better than the storage position of last year and is also better than the 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 of253.388 BCM which is estimated to have been created in the country.

REGION WISE STORAGE STATUS:

NORTHERN REGION

The northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are 6 reservoirs in this regionhaving total storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 14.57 BCM which is 81% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 64% and averagestorage of last ten years during corresponding period was 56% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage duringcurrent 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 in this region having total storage capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 9.28 BCM which is 49% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 60% and averagestorage of last ten years during corresponding period was 37% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding period of last year and is better than the average storage of last ten yearsduring the corresponding period.

WESTERN REGION

The Western region includes States of Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27 reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 27.07 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 11.51 BCM which is 43% of total storagecapacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 52% and average storage of lastten years during corresponding period was 53% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year isless than the storage of last year and is also less than the average storage of last ten years.

CENTRAL REGION

The Central region includes States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. There are 12 reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 42.30BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 26.53 BCM which is 63% of total 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 41% of 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 tenyears.

SOUTHERN REGION

The Southern region includes States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, (Two combined project in both states) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There are 31 reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 51.59 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 16.48 BCM which is 32% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 47% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 59% of 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.

            States having better storage than last year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding period are Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, (Two combined project inboth states), Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala.