India’s 91 major reservoirs at 23% of their storage capacity
New Delhi: Water levels in India’s 91 major reservoirs were at 23% of their storage capacity, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
The water level saw a 2 percentage point increase for the week ending 13 July, to 36.108 billion cubic metres (BCM), as compared to these reservoirs being at 21% of their storage capacity for the week ending 6 July. These 91 reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commission have a storage capacity of 157.799 BCM accounting for around 62% of India’s total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM.
This comes at a time when June-September south-west monsoon, which waters over half of India’s farms lacking assured irrigation, has covered most of India, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Read More
New Delhi: Water levels in India’s 91 major reservoirs were at 23% of their storage capacity, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
The water level saw a 2 percentage point increase for the week ending 13 July, to 36.108 billion cubic metres (BCM), as compared to these reservoirs being at 21% of their storage capacity for the week ending 6 July. These 91 reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commission have a storage capacity of 157.799 BCM accounting for around 62% of India’s total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM.
This comes at a time when June-September south-west monsoon, which waters over half of India’s farms lacking assured irrigation, has covered most of India, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Read More