Storage in 140 of India’s 150 main reservoirs drops beneath 50% of capability

The storage in India’s 150 main reservoirs dropped for the thirty fourth week in a row with the extent bettering by 2 proportion factors within the northern area however dropping beneath 30 per cent of the capability in the remainder 4 areas of the nation this week, knowledge from the Central Water Fee (CWC) confirmed.

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Nonetheless, with the South-West monsoon setting in over Kerala and north-eastern States on Thursday, the scenario will doubtless enhance over the subsequent couple of weeks. This ought to be a welcome aid with the kharif season set to start in two days time. 

In line with CWC weekly bulletin on reside storage standing of 150 reservoirs within the nation, the storage in 140 of the reservoirs this week was beneath 50 per cent of the capability. This week, the Rangawan reservoir in Uttar Pradesh went dry taking the general storages which have zero storage to eight. 5 of those are within the southern area. 

23 per cent storage

The storage within the reservoirs declined to 23 per cent of the 178.784 billion cubic metres (BCM) capability at 41.705 BCM. Throughout the identical time final yr, the storage was 77 per cent and the common of the previous 10 years was 94 per cent of the capability.  

The southern area had the bottom storage, although they’ve continued to stay at 14 per cent of capability for the third consecutive week, because of pre-monsoon rains in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The area‘s 42 reservoirs have been crammed to 14 per cent of the 53.334 BCM capability at 7.317 BCM. 

In Kerala, the storage was 30 per cent of the capability, up a proportion level from per week in the past, whereas in Tamil Nadu the extent was 18 per cent of the capability. In Karnataka, the reservoirs have been crammed to 13 per cent of the capability and in Telangana, it was 23 per cent. 

In Andhra Pradesh, the extent was 5 per cent of the capability with the storage being 83 per cent beneath regular. Even within the reservoirs frequent for Andhra and Telangana, the storage was 7 per cent of capability and it was 26 per cent decrease than common.

Himachal, Punjab scenario higher

Within the northern area, the storage within the 10 reservoirs was 30 per cent (28% final week) of the 19.663 BCM capability at  5.864 BCM.  In Himachal Pradesh, the scenario improved with a 3 per cent above regular storage towards one per cent beneath common final week. In Punjab, too, the beneath regular scenario improved to twenty per cent decrease than common from 28 per cent per week in the past. Nonetheless,  the extent in Rajasthan dropped to 10 per cent beneath regular from 8 per cent per week in the past. 

Within the western area, the storage of the 49 reservoirs dropped to 24 per cent of the 37.130 BCM capability at 8.833 BCM. Whereas the excess degree in Gujarat dropped from 22 per cent above regular to 18 per cent, in Maharashtra the deficit elevated from 14 per cent to 18 per cent. 

Within the 23 reservoirs of the japanese area, the extent was 28 per cent of the 20.430 BCM capability at 5.645 BCM. In Assam, the Khandong reservoir is crammed to capability and its storage is 36 per cent larger than regular. However in Bihar, the extent was 57 per decrease than regular and in West Bengal, it was 25 per cent beneath the same old degree.

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Within the 26 reservoirs of the central area, the storage dropped to 29 per cent of the 48.227 BCM capability at 14.046 BCM. Among the many States within the area, the extent in Chhattisgarh was 32 per cent beneath regular and in Uttar Pradesh it was 24 decrease than common.