Storage Status of 85 Important Reservoirs of the Country was 78% of total storage capacity as on October 01, 2014

The Water Storage available in 85 important reservoirs of the country as on October 01, 2014 was 121.396 BCM which is 78% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This storage is 91% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 102% of storage of average of last ten years. The present storage position during current year is less than storage position of last year but better than the average storage of last ten years.

Region Wise Storage Status

Northern Region

The northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are 6 reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 14.64BCM which is 81% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 92% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 81% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding period of last year and equal to 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 live storage capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 15.42 BCM which is 82% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 83% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 78% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding period of last year but 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 22 reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 24.54 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 20.03BCM which is 82% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 86% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 81% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the storage of last year but better 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 35.02BCM which is 83% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 89% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 67% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the storage of last year but better than the average storage of last ten years.

Southern Region

The Southern region includes States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There are 30 reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 51.37 BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 36.29BCM which is 71% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 83% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 80% of storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is less than the corresponding period of last year and 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 Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. State having equal storage than last year for corresponding period was Odisha. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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