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Government of India
Ministry of Water Resources
14-May-2012 17:46 IST
Water Storage Capacity

 

As per available information, storage capacity of about 253 billion cubic meters (BCM) has been created in the country so far. The state wise details of storage created is given below:-

Live storage capacity

 

Sl. No.

 

STATE/U.T.

Total Live Storage Capacity (BCM)

1.      

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

0.019

2.      

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

0.000006

3.      

ANDHRA PRADESH

28.716

4.      

ASSAM

0.012

5.      

BIHAR

2.613

6.      

CHHATTISGARH

6.736

7.      

GOA

0.290

8.      

GUJARAT

18.359

9.      

HIMACHAL PRADESH

13.792

10.   

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

0.029

11.   

JHARKHAND

2.436

12.   

KARNATAKA

31.896

13.   

KERALA

9.768

14.   

MAHARASHTRA

37.358

15.   

MADHYA PRADESH

33.075

16.   

MANIPUR

0.407

17.   

MEGHALAYA

0.479

18.   

NAGALAND

1.220

19.   

ORISSA

23.934

20.   

PUNJAB

2.402

21.   

RAJASTHAN

9.708

22.   

SIKKIM

0.007

23.   

TAMIL NADU

7.859

24.   

TRIPURA

0.312

25.   

UTTARAKHAND

5.670

26.   

UTTAR PRADESH

14.263

27.   

WEST BENGAL

2.027

28.   

MIZORAM

0.000

 

Total

253.388

 

            The per capita water storage capacity in India is about 209 m3. As per Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) global information system on water and agricultural AQUASTAT, the per capita storage capacity of some of developed, developing and neighbouring countries are given below:- 

Per capita storage capacity

                                                                                                   (Cubic meters)

 

Sl. No.

 

Name of Countries 

Per capita storage capacity

 

1.      

AUSTRALIA

3223

2.      

BANGLADESH

141

3.      

BRAZIL

2632

4.      

CANADA

25337

5.      

CHINA

416

6.      

EGYPT

2073

7.      

ETHIOPIA

67.02

8.      

NORWAY

8036

9.      

PAKISTAN

155.7

10.   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

5686

11.   

SOUTH AFRICA

609

12.   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2192

 

            Due to seasonal, geographical and annual variation in availability of water as well as lack of adequate storage, substantial quantity of water, especially during monsoon season, remains unused and flows into sea. As per present assessment, the average annual water availability in the country is 1869 BCM.  Further, it has been estimated by Central Water Commission (CWC) in the year 2009 that about 450 BCM of surface water and by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in the year 2009 that about 243 BCM of ground water are being utilized for various purposes.  The rest of the water could be considered to be flowing down to sea.

            The live storage capacity available in the country at the time of independence was 15.6 BCM. As per a tentative assessment carried out in the CWC, live storage capacity of the completed dams in the country is 253.388 BCM and live storage capacity of dams under construction and under consideration for construction by the respective state governments are 50.959 BCM and 109.673 BCM respectively.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources & Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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