Storage Status of 85 Important Reservoirs of the Country was 25% of total live storage capacity as on June 26, 2014

Live storage available in 85 important reservoirs of the country as on June 26, 2014 was 38.022 BCM which is 25% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. This storage is 102% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 131% of storage of average of last ten years. The present storage position during current year is better than storage position of last year and average storage of last ten years.

Central Water Commission monitors live storage status of 85 important reservoirs of the country on weekly basis. These reservoirs include 37 reservoirs having hydropower benefit with installed capacity of more than 60 MW. The total live storage capacity of these reservoirs is 155.046 BCM which is about 61% of the live storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which is estimated to have been created in the country.

Region Wise Storage Status:

a) Northern Region

The northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are 6 reservoirs in this region having total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 7.45BCM which is 41% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 40% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 26% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the corresponding period of last year and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.

b) Eastern Region

The Eastern region includes States of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura. There are 15 reservoirs in this region having total live storage capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 4.77 BCM which is 25% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 22% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 14% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the corresponding period of last year and average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.

c) Western Region

The Western region includes States of Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 22 reservoirs in this region having total live storage capacity of 24.54 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 5.88 BCM which is 24% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 29% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 20% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than storage of last year and better than average storage of last ten years.

d) Central Region

The Central region includes States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. There are 12 reservoirs in this region having total live storage capacity of 42.30BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 13.16BCM which is 31% 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 12% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than storage of last year and average storage of last ten years.

e) Southern Region

The Southern region includes States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.There are 30 reservoirs in this region having total live storage capacity of 51.37 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 6.76BCM which is 13% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 16% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 23% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding period of last year and also 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, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu. The state of Andhra Pradesh is having equal storage to last year for corresponding period. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Kerala.

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