The storage increased in all the five regions this week with the level in southern reservoirs rising over 60 per cent
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JOMON PAMPAVALLEY
The storage level in India’s 161 major reservoirs improved further this week to over 50 per cent of the capacity with central and north-west India receiving good rainfall under the influence of the South-West Monsoon.
Data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) showed that the storage in the major reservoirs increased to 51.80 per cent of the 182.461 billion cubic metres (BCM) capacity at 94.513 BCM. The storage is 95 percentage points higher than last year and 82.5 percentage points higher than normal (last 10 years).
According to the India Meteorological Department, the monsoon is 14 per cent surplus so far with central India and north-west India receiving 42 per cent and 36 per cent surplus rainfall, respectively. East and North-East India and South India have received 19 per cent and 5 per cent deficient rainfall, respectively.
TN good storage
The storage increased in all the five regions this week with the level in southern reservoirs rising over 60 per cent. Tamil Nadu continued to be the State that had the highest storage in the region with its dams filled to 92.69 per cent. The level in Karnataka and Kerala was 66 per cent and 59 per cent, respectively.
The storage in Andhra Pradesh 52.55 per cent and 36.36 per cent in Telangana. Overall, the level in the region was 61.5 per cent or 33.792 BCM of the 54.939 capacity.
The 50 reservoirs in the western region were filled to about 55.5 per cent of the 37.357 BCM capacity at 20.363 BCM. While Goa’s lone reservoir continued to be full, the reservoirs in Maharashtra were filled over 67 per cent and in Gujarat 40 per cent.
The storage in the 11 reservoirs of the northern region increased to 8.187 BCM or 41.24 per cent of the 19.836 BCM capacity. The dams in Rajasthan were filled to 65 per cent full, while in Himachal they were filled to 32.41 per cent and in Punjab to nearly 36.95 per cent.
More rains for north
The level in the 28 reservoirs of the central region was up at 45.95 per cent of the 48.588 BCM capacity at 22.328 BCM. The level in Madhya Pradesh surged to 50 per cent, while in Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, it was 42.34 per cent, 28.39 per cent and 39.77 per cent, respectively.
In the eastern region, the level in the 27 reservoirs was 345.31 per cent of the 21.724 BCM capacity at 9.844 BCM. Dams in Bengal and Assam, were filled to 62 per cent and 60 per cent, respectively, down a tad from last week. The storage was above 50 per cent in Mizoram and Tripura, but slipped by 5 percentage points in Jharkhand.
The IMD has predicted that the monsoon will continue to lash north for another week. This will likely help improve the storage in the north and western parts of the country.
With the reservoirs’ storage better than last year and the IMD predicting above-normal monsoon this year, kharif production is expected to be better than last year. Currently, the area under all kharif crops is up 11.5 per cent.
Published on July 10, 2025