The storage in India’s 166 major reservoirs dropped below 75 per cent this week, with the level in four of the regions dropping below 80 per cent of the capacity.
According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the level in the major reservoirs was 134.915 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 73.50 of the 183.565 BCM capacity. It was 7 percentage points higher than last year and 24 percentage points more than normal (the last 10 years).
Data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed that 89 per cent of the 724 districts in the country either received deficient or no rainfall since the beginning of the year till now. Though the country receives scanty rainfall during this period, it was still 73 per cent below normal at 1.8 mm against 6.7 mm.
