The present water storage in the major reservoirs of the country is about 10% than last year, according to a latest update from the Ministry of Water Resources. The Central Water Commission (CWC) under Ministry of Water Resources has monitoring storage position of 81 important reservoirs spread all over the country and declared that the combined live storage in these 81 reservoirs at the beginning of monsoon i.e. 1st June, 2008 was 19 % of their designed capacity.
The current storage stands at 71 % per cent of the designed capacity as on 30th October 2008. The present storage is 90 % of last year’s storage and 106% of last 10 years average storage during the same period. Out of these 81 reservoirs there are presently 17 reservoirs where this year’s storage is 80 % or less than the average of previous 10 years and in remaining 64 reservoirs the storage is more than 80 % of the average of previous 10 years.
The storage position in 6 basins namely, Ganga, Indus, Narmada, River of Kutch, Krishna, Cauvery & Neighboring East Flowing Rivers are better than average of previous 10 years. Tapi, Mahi, Godavari, Mahanadi and Neighbouring East Flowing Rivers and West Flowing Rivers of South basins are flowing close to normal and Sabarmati is flowing deficient.
The current storage stands at 71 % per cent of the designed capacity as on 30th October 2008. The present storage is 90 % of last year’s storage and 106% of last 10 years average storage during the same period. Out of these 81 reservoirs there are presently 17 reservoirs where this year’s storage is 80 % or less than the average of previous 10 years and in remaining 64 reservoirs the storage is more than 80 % of the average of previous 10 years.
The storage position in 6 basins namely, Ganga, Indus, Narmada, River of Kutch, Krishna, Cauvery & Neighboring East Flowing Rivers are better than average of previous 10 years. Tapi, Mahi, Godavari, Mahanadi and Neighbouring East Flowing Rivers and West Flowing Rivers of South basins are flowing close to normal and Sabarmati is flowing deficient.
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