Eastern, western regions show dip in water levels with onset of summer

Overall water storage is around 9 per cent higher than same period last year

Parts of India are recording lower reservoir water-levels than normal with the onset of summer.

Western region water levels were 2.2 per cent lower than last year, shows Central Water Commission data as of April 7th. The eastern region had low water storage during 2021, shows a perusal of the weekly reports from last year. It is now a fifth higher than in 2021, but still remains 0.9 per cent lower than the previous 10-year average. All other regions have higher water storage than the previous 10-year average (see chart 1).

The Western region includes the states of Gujarat and