Combined storage in reservoirs looks good in country

By Staff
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New Delhi, Jan 2 (UNI) The combined live storage position in major reservoirs in the country was 69 per cent of the designed capacity on December 28 as against 22 per cent at the begining of monsoons in June 2006 and no reservoir has a negative storage or less than the minimum drawal level.

The storage position in all the basins namely Indus, Ganga, Tapi, Mahi, Sabarmati, Narmada, Rivers of Kutch, Godavari, Krishna, Mahanadi and Neighbouring East Flowing Rivers, Cauvery and Neighbouring East flowing Rivers and West Flowing rivers of South is better than average of previous 10 years.

The Central Water Commission, which monitors the storage position in these reservoirs, informs Department of Agriculture and Co-operation and provide information of the weekly storage position to the Crop Weather Watch Group for evolving suitable crop strategies and also appraising the situation to various Departments and Ministries involved in Water Resources Planning, sources said.

UNI

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