The eastern region, which includes states like Assam, Odisha and West Bengal, has recorded a positive improvement in water storage levels compared to last year and the ten-year average.
With the onset of summer, the water crisis has started deepening in the country. The situation is worse in South India. The states of South India are facing severe water crisis and the situation is that the capacity of water storage reservoirs has reduced to only 17 percent. Central Water Commission (CWC) received this information
Water crisis situation serious in southern states
The states of South India include Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In the bulletin issued by CWC on Thursday regarding the storage level of reservoirs in various regions of India, it was said that there are 42 reservoirs under the monitoring of the Commission in the southern region with a total storage capacity of 53.334 BCM (Billion Cubic Meters). According to the latest report, the current total storage in these reservoirs is 8.865 BCM, which is only 17 percent of their total capacity.
This figure is significantly lower than the storage level during the same period last year (29 percent) and the ten-year average for the same period (23 percent). Low storage levels in reservoirs in the southern region are indicative of increasing water scarcity in these states and potential challenges for irrigation, drinking water and hydropower. Advertisement
Situation improved slightly in the eastern region
The eastern region, which includes states like Assam, Odisha and West Bengal, has recorded a positive improvement in water storage levels compared to last year and the ten-year average. The commission said that in the region, 23 monitoring reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 20.430 bcm currently have 7.889 bcm of water, which is 39 per cent of their total capacity. This marks an improvement compared to the same period last year (34 percent) and the ten-year average (34 percent)
The western region includes Gujarat and Maharashtra and the storage level there is 11.771 BCM which is 31.7 per cent of the total capacity of 49 monitoring reservoirs. This is lower than last year’s storage level (38 percent) and the ten-year average (32.1 percent). Similarly, the northern and central regions have also seen a decline in water storage levels.
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