The water level of 91 major reservoirs in the country has gone down by 2%, said the Press Information Bureau which was released on Friday.
The released data also states that the water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on March 30, 2017 was 52.632 BCM (billion cubic metre).
Notably, this is 33% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. However, a week ago, the water capacity hovered around 35% for the week ending on March 23, 2017.
The level of March 30, 2017 was 133% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 102% of storage of average of last ten years.
The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which ranges about 62% of the total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM. In other words, the whole country has a water storage capacity of about 253.388 BCM, out of which 62% is being produced in these 91 reservoirs. Great feat!
The 37 reservoirs out of the 91 reservoirs have hydropower benefit clubbed with an installed capacity of more than 60 MW.
The release also categorically disclosed the region-wise capacities. Giving regionwise storage status, the release said that the northern region, including Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan, has six reservoirs under the Central Water Commission (CWC), with total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM.
To top it all off, the current year is lower than the corresponding period of last year. Infact, the current year capacity is also lower than the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.
Moreover, the total live storage available in these reservoirs is 4.13 BCM which is 23% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
The storage during corresponding period of last year was 25% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 30% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
