Storage status of 91 major reservoirs of the country as on July 28, 2016

The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on July 28, 2016, was 59.366 BCM, which is 38% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 87%of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 94% 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 a total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 6.48 BCM which is 36% of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during the corresponding period of last year was 69% and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period was 47% of the live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during the 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 a total live storage capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 6.09 BCM which is 32% of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during the corresponding period of last year was 45% and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period was 33% of the live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during the 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.

WESTERN REGION

The Western region includes States of Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having a total live storage capacity of 27.07 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 9.77 BCM which is 36% of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during the corresponding period of last year was 34% and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period was 41% of the live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during the current year is better than the storage of last year but is 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 a total live storage capacity of 42.30 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 21.26 BCM which is 50% of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during the corresponding period of last year was 53% and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period was 33% of the live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during the current year is less than the storage of last year but is 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 a total live storage capacity of 51.59 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 15.76 BCM which is 31% of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during the corresponding period of last year was 31% and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period was 45% of the live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during the current year is equal to the corresponding period of last year and is less than the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.

States having better storage than last year for the corresponding period are Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. States having equal storage than last year for corresponding period is Karnataka. States having lesser storage than last year for the corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.