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The storage in the 161 major reservoirs in the country increased to nearly 75 per cent of the capacity with rains under the south-monsoon being normal till now.
Data from the Central Water Commission (CWC), in its weekly bulletin, on the major reservoirs showed that the level was 74.13 per cent or 135.277 billion cubic metres (BCM) of the 182.496 BCM capacity. The storage is 7 percentage points higher than last year and 24 percentage points more than the normal storage (past 10 years).
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), said the monsoon is currently normal, with actual rainfall being normal at 570.7 mm compared with the normal 572.8. However, the spatial distribution of the rainfall has been lacking, as at least 28 of the 728 districts that shared data have received deficit rainfall. The East and North-Eastern region is the only region that has received less rainfall (-16 per cent than normal), while the north-west has received 15 per cent surplus precipitation.
Good for kharif & rabi
The water level in the reservoirs augurs good for the standing kharif crops and rabi sowing that will begin in October. Currently, the acreage under all kharif crops is up 4 per cent as of August 8 compared with the year-ago period.
The storage continued to increase in all the regions this week with 8 reservoirs filled to capacity.
The 11 reservoirs in the northern region are filled to three-fourths, with the level in Rajasthan being 84 per cent. In Punjab and Himachal, the storage was 69.5 per cent and 73.5 per cent, respectively. Overall, the level was 75.79 per cent of the 19.836 BCM capacity at 15.047 BCM.
In the eastern region, the level in the 27 reservoirs was 54.5 per cent or 11.860 BCM of the 21.759 capacity. Mizoram’s lone reservoir was almost full, while Tripura’s lone dam was filled to 95 per cent. The storage in Bengal and Bihar was 70 per cent and 80 per cent, respectively. The storage in Odisha was a tad below 50 per cent, while in Nagaland it was 55.5 per cent.
Tamil Nadu level 95%
In the 50 reservoirs of the western region, the level was 76 per cent of the 28.397 BCM capacity at 22.782 BCM. Goa’s lone reservoir continued to be full, while the level in Gujarat and Maharashtra was 63 per cent and 78 per cent, respectively.
In the central region, the storage in the 28 reservoirs was up at 36.015 BCM (74.12 per cent) of the 48.588 BCM. The level in Madhya Pradesh was 76 per cent, in Uttar Pradesh, it was 73 per cent, and in Chhattisgarh, it was 72 per cent. In Uttarakhand, it was 66 per cent.
The storage in the 45 reservoirs of the southern region was 80 per cent of the 54.939 BCM capacity at 43.958 BCM. Tamil Nadu’s reservoirs were filled to 95 per cent, while the level in Karnataka was 84 per cent. Telangana continued to lag with its storage at 55 per cent, but in Kerala and Andhra, the level was 72 per cent and 78 per cent, respectively.
Published on August 14, 2025
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