The storage in 155 main reservoir within the nation dropped additional this week to 75 per cent of the capability with the depth of the North-East monsoon easing over the previous few days.
Knowledge from the Central Water Fee (CWC) confirmed that the extent was 135.404 billion cubic metres (BCM) as of Thursday in opposition to the 180.852 BCM capability. The storage is 124 per cent of final 12 months’s stage and 199 per cent of regular (final 10 years storage).
The CWC weekly bulletin on the dwell storage standing of the 155 reservoirs confirmed the extent dropping in all 5 areas with the state of affairs within the northern area elevating concern. The extent within the area dropped to 46 per cent of the 19.836 BCM at 9.151 BCM.
General 10 reservoirs are full (down from 13 final week), whereas the extent in 19 is under 50 per cent (18 final week).
62% rainfall deficiency
Based on the India Meteorological Division (IMD), knowledge present that post-monsoon rainfall was poor in 62 per cent of the 721 districts between October 1 and December 15.
The decrease post-monsoon rainfall has mirrored in rabi sowing with the general space underneath all crops declining to 590.82 lakh hectares (lh) as of December 20, a tad decrease from 590.97 lh a 12 months in the past. Specifically, November witnessed larger than regular temperatures.
The storage within the northern area dropped to 44 per cent of the 19.836 BCM capability at 9.151 BCM. The extent in Punjab’s lone reservoir dipped to 22 per cent of the capability, whereas it slipped to 39 per cent in Himachal. Rajasthan seven reservoirs had been crammed to 75 per cent.
Within the jap area, the storage was 14.436 BCM or 69.41 per cent of the 20.798 BCM capability. Tripura storage was 86 per cent, Jharkhand’s 75 per cent, West Bengal’s 74 per cent and in Odisha and Assam 70 per cent every. The lone reservoir’s storage in Bihar was 33 per cent, whereas the extent in Nagaland was 52 per cent.
Extra drop doubtless
The western area had one of the best storage with the extent within the 50 reservoirs being 86 per cent of the capability. Of the 37.357 BCM capability, the storage was 32.127 BCM. Goa’s sole reservoir was full, whereas the extent in Maharashtra and Gujarat was 89 per cent and 83 per cent, respectively.
Within the 26 reservoirs of the western area, the extent was 76 per cent of the 48.227 BCM capability at 36.855 BCM. Madhya Pradesh had the very best stage at 81 per cent, whereas it was 63 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. In Uttarakhand and Chattisgarh, the storage was 74 per cent and 67 per cent, respectively.
Within the southern area, the 43 reservoirs had been crammed to 78 per cent of the 54.634 BCM capability at 42.835 BCM. The extent in Tamil Nadu and Telangana was 96 per cent every, whereas it 82 per cent in Andhra Pradesh. The storage in Karnataka and Kerala was 78 per cent and 76 per cent, respectively.
The storage will doubtless decline within the coming weeks with the North-East monsoon drawing to an in depth and never a lot rainfall exercise forecast over the following week.
