Central Water Commission monitors live storage status of 143 important reservoirs in the country, on weekly basis and is issuing weekly bulletin on every Thursday. The total live storage capacity of 143 reservoirs is 177.464 BCM which is about 68.83% of the live storage capacity of 257.812 BCM which is estimated to have been created in the country. As per reservoir storage bulletin dated 27.10.2022 (being the last Thursday of the Monsoon season, 2022), out of 143 reservoirs, 45 reservoirs had full storage, i.e, up to FRL.

Further, as per latest reservoir storage bulletin dated 02.03.2023, out of 143 reservoirs only 1 reservoir (SAPUA, Odisha) had full storage, i.e. up to FRL.

State wise details of reservoirs with storage equal to and less than 80% of average of last 10 years is at Annexure.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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ANNEXURE

 

STATE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF RESERVOIR HAVING STORAGE 80% OR LESS OF AVG. OF LAST 10 YRS' STORAGE AS ON: 02.03.2023

 

STATE	PROJECTS HAVING DEFICIENCY ( Equal to and less than 80% of average of last 10 years)	Current Year's Storage as %age of NORMAL
A.P & TG	SRISAILAM	76
A.P.	DONKARAYI	80
Telengana	PRIYADARSHINI JURALA	56
Bihar	CHANDAN DAM	62
Jharkhand	TILAIYA	62
Gujarat	PANAM	52
	SUKHI(GUJ)	76
	MACHCHHU-II	80
Karnataka	MANI DAM	68
	TATTIHALLA	5
Kerala	KALLADA(PARAPPAR)	78
Mahaya Pradesh	SANJAY SAROVAR	71
Maharashtra	KHADAKVASLA	80
	DUDHGANGA	75
Odisha	BALIMELA	45
	RENGALI	66
	HARIHARJHOR	60
Uttar Pradesh	RIHAND	67
	SIRSI	0
	JIRGO	7
Uttarakhand	NANAK SAGAR	62
West Bengal	MAYURAKSHI	69
	KANGSABATI	50

 

 

(Release ID: 1906485)