The Central Water Commission (CWC) statistics shows that this year's storage capacity is less than the average of the previous ten years over the same period, with the southern area most affected, accounting for just 15% of the total live storage capacity in reservoirs. The CWC's investigation also showed that storage levels were declining week over week, impacting the whole country as well as the southern area. The reservoir capacity of the southern area was 16% as of last Thursday, down from 17% the week before.

According to the CWC bulletin, reservoirs in the southern area are only using 15% of their complete live storage capacity, indicating that the region has been badly affected. According to CWC statistics, storage levels this year are lower than the 10-year average for the same period as well as the equivalent period last year.
 
Approximately 69.55% of the projected 257.812 billion cubic metres (BCM) generated nationwide, or 178.784 billion BCM, are stored in 150 monitored reservoirs nationwide. But as of right now, just 27% of the live storage in these reservoirs is accessible, compared to 36% last year and 32% on average over the previous ten years.
 
The advisory emphasises that the present live storage is just 79% of last year's levels and 92% of the 10-year average for the same period when compared to historical data. In comparison to the same period last year, the country's storage this year is lower nationwide, but in the northern, eastern, southern, and western regions, it is lower than the average storage of the previous ten years.
 
The combined living storage capacity of the southern region—which includes Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and tamil Nadu—is 53.334 billion cubic metres. The available active storage in these reservoirs is 7.921 BCM, or barely 15% of their entire capacity, according to the reservoir storage bulletin of May 9.
 
 
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G GOWTHAM

11/05/2024 08:36 AM