Indian reservoirs brimming as monsoon advances

Storage levels in 123 reservoirs monitored by Central Water Commission was 194 % of the levels of corresponding period in 2019

Major reservoirs in India are already brimming and their storage level is much more than what it was this time in 2019, even as the southwest monsoon advances over India. 

The live storage available in 123 reservoirs monitored by Central Water Commission (CWC) was 194 per cent of the live storage of corresponding period of last year and 171 per cent of storage of average of the last 10 years.

Live storage available in these reservoirs now is 56.725 billion cubic metres (BCM), which is 33 per cent of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs, according to a weekly bulletin issued by CWC on June 25, 2020.

The live storage available in these reservoirs for the corresponding period in 2019 was 29.166 BCM and the average of last 10 years live storage was 33.207 BCM. [Readmore]