Water level at 91 per cent in 91 major reservoirs
Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu reported lesser storage vis- à-vis last year.
The 91 major reservoirs in the country continued to report 19 per cent of its total capacity for the second week in a row.
The Union water resources ministry said the reservoirs -- including the Nagarjuna Sagar, Indira Sagar and Bhakra dams -- contained 29.665 billion cubic metres (BCM) of water for the week ending today.
The
fresh
water
level
is
126
per
cent
of
the
storage
reported
during
the
corresponding
period
last
year
and
91
per
cent
of
the
decadal
average,
the
ministry
said
in
a
statement.
Rajasthan,
Jharkhand,
Odisha,
Uttarakhand,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Kerala,
and
Tamil
Nadu
reported
lesser
storage
vis-a-vis
last
year.
Reservoirs in Himachal Pradesh have reported equal storage. Punjab, West Bengal, Tripura, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Karnataka have recorded better storage, the ministry also said.
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