Water level in 91 reservoirs rises to 39 per cent

The water level in 91 major reservoirs in the country has risen to 60.906 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 39 per cent of their total storage capacity from 28 per cent last week, the government said today.
Last week, the stock was 43.732 BCM of the total storage capacity of the dams.
The water level in the reservoirs, including in the Nagarjuna Sagar, Indira Sagar and Bhakra dams, was, as on yesterday, 104 per cent of the storage reported during the corresponding period last year and 100 per cent of the decadal average, the Union water resources ministry said in a statement.

Reservoirs in states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu reported lesser storage level.
On the other hand, major dams in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Tripura, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh recorded better storage levels than last year.