The water storage available in 91 major
reservoirs of the country for the week ending on September 29,
2016 was 117.202
BCM,
which is 74% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 122% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 97% of storage of average of last ten years.
The total storage capacity of these 91
reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which is about 62% of the total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which is
estimated to have been created in the country. 37 Reservoirs out of these 91
have hydropower benefit with installed capacity of more than 60 MW.
REGION WISE STORAGE STATUS:-
NORTHERN
REGION
The
northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan.
There are 6 reservoirs under Central Water Commission (CWC) monitoring having
total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live storage available in
these reservoirs is 13.72 BCM which is 76% of total live 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 83% of
live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is
less than the corresponding period of last year and is also less than 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 under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity
of 18.83 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 16.18 BCM
which is 86% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage
during corresponding period of last year was 74% and average storage of last
ten years during corresponding period was 79% of live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the corresponding
period of last year and is also 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 27
reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 27.07
BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 21.75 BCM which is
80% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 62% and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 81% of live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the storage of
last year but less than the average storage of last ten years during the
corresponding period.
CENTRAL
REGION
The
Central region includes States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh. There are 12 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live
storage capacity of 42.30 BCM. The total live storage available in these
reservoirs is 38.50 BCM which is 91% of total live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 77% and
average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 72% of live
storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is
better than the storage of last year and is also better than the average
storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.
SOUTHERN
REGION
The
Southern region includes States of Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, AP&TG (Two
combined projects in both states) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There are
31 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 51.59
BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 27.05 BCM which is
52% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding period of last year was 34% and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 76% of live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the corresponding
period of last year but is less than the average storage of last ten years
during the corresponding period.
State
having equal
storage than last year for corresponding period are Punjab,
Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states),
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. States having lesser storage than last
year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Uttarakhand,
Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Samir/jk