The Central Water Commission is monitoring on weekly basis, live storage status of 82 reservoirs spread across the country having total live storage capacity of 153.334 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM).
At the end of September, 2011, the combined live storage of 81 reservoirs being monitored at that time, with a total live storage capacity of 151.768 BCM was 131.076 BCM which was 126% of average of last ten years.
The storage status of these 81 reservoirs at the end of September, 2009, September, 2010 and September, 2011 is given in the following table.
Period | 30th September, 2009 | 30th September, 2010 | 30th September, 2011 |
Combined live Storage (BCM) | 89.835 | 115.227 | 131.076 |
Percentage Storage with respect to total live storage capacity | 59.2 | 75.9 | 84 |
The above data does not show any declining trend.
Water being a state subject, the operation and regulation of water in dams/reservoirs is done by the respective project authority/State Government as per their requirements.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources & Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
