Looming water scarcity continues to hassle the southern area. According to the most recent bulletin launched by the CWC, whole reside storage out there within the reservoirs within the southern area (comprising states: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu) has dropped to a mere 17% of their whole capacity, considerably beneath historic averages.
The bulletin, which gives an outline of reservoir storage levels throughout India, talked about that the 42 reservoirs underneath CWC monitoring within the southern area have a complete reside storage capacity of 53.334 billion cubic metres (BCM). However, the present reside storage out there in these reservoirs stands at solely 8.865 BCM, marking a worrisome scenario for irrigation, ingesting water provide, and hydroelectric energy technology in these states.
The report additional highlighted the proportion of reside storage out there within the reservoirs from completely different areas. Comparatively, the jap area of India, encompassing states like Assam, Odisha, and West Bengal, has proven a constructive pattern in water storage levels. With 23 monitored reservoirs holding a complete reside storage capacity of 20.430 BCM, the area at the moment has 7.889 BCM of water, representing 39% of its whole capacity. Significantly, the current report marks an enchancment over the earlier yr’s storage levels.
It added that the western area, together with Gujarat and Maharashtra, stories storage levels of 11.771 BCM, equal to 31.7% of the full capacity of 49 monitored reservoirs. This is relatively decrease than the storage levels recorded within the earlier yr and the ten-year common. Similarly, the northern and central areas additionally face declines in water storage levels in contrast to historic averages.
Moreover, the bulletin additionally categorises reservoir storage throughout numerous river basins as “better than normal,” “close to normal,” “deficient,” or (*17*) Notably, river basins like Brahmaputra, Narmada, and Tapi are marked as having better-than-normal storage levels, whereas basins like Cauvery and east-flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar are labeled as extremely poor.
