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BySutanukaGhosal,ETBureau|5Feb,2016,04.06PMIST
KOLKATA:Thecountry'smajorreservoirsareat38%oftotalcapacity,latestgovernment
datashows.At59.335BCM,theavailablewaterinthesereservoirs,asrecordedon
February4,wasabouthalftheaveragecapacityayearago(78%)andthe10yearaverage
of76%.
Thetotalcapacityofthecountry's91majorreservoirsis157.799BCM,whichisabout62%
ofthetotalstoragecapacityestimatedtohavebeencreatedinthecountry.Ofthese91
reservoirs,37havehydropowerplantswhichcantogethergeneratemorethan60MWof
power.
Datashowsthatthewaterlevelsinreservoirsinthenorthernregion,whichincludesthe
statesofHimachalPradesh,PunjabandRajasthan,arehigherthanayearago,butstill
belowthelast10yearaverage.
TherearesixreservoirsunderCentralWaterCommissionmonitoringwhichcurrentlyhold
7.42BCMor41%oftheircombinedcapacity.Thecorrespondingfigureforlastyearwas
38%whilethe10yearaveragewas44%.
Thecountrysmajorreservoirsareat38%oftotalcapacity,
latestgovernmentdatashows.At59.335BCM,theavailable
waterinthesereservoirs.
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Intheeasternregion,whichincludesstatesofJharkhand,Odisha,WestBengalandTripura,thereare15reservoirsunderCWC
monitoringwhichcurrentlyhold9.77BCMofwater,or52%oftheircombinedcapacity.Thestorageduringthecorrespondingperiodof
lastyearwas64%whilethe10yearaveragewas59%.
Inthewesternregion,the27reservoirsunderCWCmonitoringtogetherhold9.14BCM,or34%oftheircombinedcapacity.Thestorage
duringthecorrespondingperiodoflastyearwas54%whilethe10yearaveragewas60%.
Inthesouth,whichincludesAndhraPradesh,Telangana,Karnataka,KeralaandTamilNadu,thereare31reservoirsunderCWC
monitoringwhichtogetherhold13.51BCM,or26%oftheircombinedcapacity.Thestorageduringthecorrespondingperiodoflastyear
was37%whilethe10yearaveragewas49%.
StateswherereservoirsholdmorewaterthanlastyearareHimachalPradesh,AndhraPradeshandTripura.Stateswherethelevelsare
similartolastyearareAndhraPradeshTelangana(twocombinedprojectinbothstates).
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