Water level in 31 reservoirs in southern India stands at 9% of total storage

Team Udayavani, May 5, 2017, 12:07 PM IST

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Water level in major reservoirs in south India including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu has reportedly decreased and stands at 4.68 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) as on May 4, as per the latest data released by the Union Ministry of Water Resources on Friday.

There are 31 reservoirs located in the Southern part of the country under the Central Water Commission (CWC) and have a total storage capacity of 51.59 BCM; however, at present it is only 4.68 BCM, which amounts to a mere 9%.

The storage during corresponding period of last year was 13% and the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period was 20%.

The states having better storage than last year for the corresponding period are Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

States having lesser storage than last year for the corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.