STORAGE STATUS OF
MAJOR RESERVOIRS
Storage capacity of 91 major reservoirs:
157.799 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM)
Water available as on July 6, 2016:
28.208 BCM (18% of capacity)
Northern Region Eastern Region
Western Region
Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab and Rajasthan
Jharkhand, Odisha,
West Bengal & Tripura
Gujarat and
Maharashtra
Reservoirs: 6
Total capacity:
Reservoirs: 15
Total capacity:
Reservoirs: 27
Total capacity:
18.01 BCM
Availability
18.83 BCM
4.77
27.07 BCM
Availability
Availability
3.50
BCM
(27%)
Last year: 44%
3.16
BCM
BCM
(19%)
(12%)
Last year: 29%
Last year: 26%
Central Region
Southern Region
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
Karnataka, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Reservoirs: 12 Total capacity:
42.30 BCM
Availability
Reservoirs: 31 Total capacity:
51.59 BCM
Availability
9.22 BCM
(22%)
Last year: 31%
Source: Ministry of Water Resources
7.55
BCM
(15%)
Last year: 35%
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