The IMD predicts that the southwest monsoon will be set this week, accounting for more than 70% of the country’s rainfall. Photo Credit: Bashkaran n
The storage of India’s 161 major reservoirs fell to less than 30% of its capacity of 1824,444,430 billion cubic metres (BCM), of which 70% was filled with less than 40%, the Central Water Committee (CWC) showed.
The CWC weekly message board on storage status of major reservoirs said this was 53.578 bcm or 29.37%. This week, one reservoir (Panchet Hill, Jharkhand) was full of capabilities. The reservoir was full last week. This year’s situation is better than usual (the past decade), last year.
The Indian Weather Service (IMD) has stated that another similar weather pattern has been formed over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, so storage situations are expected to improve from now on.
Best storage
The IMD predicts that the southwest monsoon will be set this week, accounting for more than 70% of the country’s rainfall. The Southwest Monsoon is primarily responsible for storing most of the reservoir. However, the northeastern monsoon, which begins in mid-October, explains the storage of some reservoirs.
The levels in the Western and Central regions were above 30%, but below the levels in the North, East and South regions. The storage of nine reservoirs in Tamil Nadu, two dams in Assam, and only reservoirs in Tripura was over 65%.
In 11 reservoirs in the northern region, levels have improved slightly to 28.84% this week’s capacity of 19.836 BCM at 5.721 BCM. The storage of Punjab’s only reservoir increased to 40%, while Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh were 53% and 16%, respectively.
The levels of 27 reservoirs in the eastern region were 25.29% of 5.538 BCM with a capacity of 21.724 BCM. Apart from Assam and Tripura, levels in Jharkhand and Meghalaya were above 50%.
MP levels drop to 37%
In the western region, the level of 50 reservoirs was 31.42% of the 37.357 capacity at 11.737 BCM. Maharashtra’s storage was 26%, but in Goa and Gujarat it exceeded 30%.
Twenty-eight reservoirs in the central region were buried at 30.88% of 15.854 BCM of a capacity of 48.588 BCM. Storage in Madhya Pradesh fell by 37%, while in Uttar Pradesh it was 20%. In Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, it was 16% and 25% respectively.
In the southern zone, 45 reservoir storage was 29.37% of the 54.939 BCM capacity of 14.727. The level in Kerala was 27% and in Telangana was 28%. In Andhra and Karnataka, it was less than 25%.
Released on May 22, 2025
