LIVE STORAGE POSITION OF 70 IMPORTANT RESERVOIRS IN THE COUNTRY

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The Central Water Commission (CWC) monitors storage position of 70 major and important reservoirs spread over the country of which 26 reservoirs have significant hydro-power benefit with installed capacities of more than 60 MW each. The combined storage capacity of these reservoirs at the beginning of the monsoon was 13% of their designed capacity and is presently 26% of the designed capacity as on February 21, 2003. The present storage is 74% of last year’s storage and 59% of last 10 years’ average storage during the same period. Out of these 70 reservoirs there are presently 48 reservoirs where this year’s storage is 80% or less than the average of previous 10 years.

The basinwise storage position is better than average of previous 10 years in River of Kutch and 80% or more than average of previous 10 years in Tapi and Mahanadi and neighbouring east flowing rivers. The basinwise storage position is less than 80% of average of previous 10 years in Ganga, Indus, Narmada, Mahi, Sabarmati, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery and neighbouring east flowing rivers and west flowing rivers of South.

Out of 26 reservoirs with significant hydro potential, there are 23 reservoirs, which have storage build up less than the average of last 10 years capacity.