The water storage available in 91 major
reservoirs of the country for the week ending on October 06, 2016 was 118.431
BCM, which is 75% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 125%of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 98% 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 13.54 BCM
which is 75% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage
during corresponding period of last year was 85% and average storage of last
ten years during corresponding period was 82% 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 16.03 BCM which is 85% of total
live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding
period of last year was 71% 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 22.87 BCM which is 84% of total live storage
capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last
year was 61% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period
was 80% 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.
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 38.57 BCM which is 91% of total live storage capacity of these
reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 76% 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 27.42 BCM which is 53% 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.
States
having better 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