India stares at a water disaster as storage capability in reservoirs stands at simply 38% forward of summer time
New Delhi:
Forward of the summer time season, the dwell storage capability in India’s 150 major reservoirs stands at simply 38 per cent of their complete capability, which is lower than the final decade’s common for a similar interval, in accordance with information.
Cities like Bengaluru are already grappling with a shortfall of round 500 million litres of water per day (MLD), towards a requirement of two,600 MLD.
Karnataka, amongst different states, registered decrease storage ranges in comparison with the identical interval final yr, in accordance with the weekly bulletin by the Central Water Fee.
Bengaluru hosts 14,000 borewells with 6,900 of them having dried up. Water our bodies have both been encroached upon or have dried up. Town requires 2,600 MLD of water, out of which 1,470 MLD is sourced from the Cauvery River and 650 MLD from borewells, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah had instructed reporters.
A number of different states, together with Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (two mixed tasks in each states), and Tamil Nadu, additionally reported decrease storage ranges in comparison with final yr.
The overall dwell storage capability of those 150 reservoirs is 178.784 BCM, which accounts for about 69.35 per cent of the nation’s complete dwell storage capability estimated at 257.812 billion cubic metres, in accordance with official information.
In keeping with the reservoir storage bulletin on Thursday, the dwell storage accessible in these reservoirs is 67.591 BCM, representing 38 per cent of their complete dwell storage capability.
Nevertheless, in the course of the corresponding interval final yr, the dwell storage accessible was 80.557 BCM, with a median of 72.396 BCM over the previous decade.
Thus, the present dwell storage in these 150 reservoirs quantities to 84 per cent of the storage throughout the identical interval final yr and 93 per cent of the typical storage over the previous decade.
“The general storage place within the nation is decrease than the corresponding interval final yr and likewise falls in need of the typical storage over the previous ten years for a similar interval,” said the bulletin.
The Southern area, which incorporates states like Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (two mixed tasks in each states), Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, displays 42 reservoirs with a complete dwell storage capability of 53.334 BCM.
As of the Reservoir Storage Bulletin dated 21.03.2024, the whole dwell storage accessible in these reservoirs is 12.287 BCM, which constitutes 23 per cent of their complete dwell storage capability.
This marks a lower in comparison with the storage ranges in the course of the corresponding interval final yr (39 per cent) and the typical storage over the previous ten years (32 per cent).
Thus, the present storage ranges within the Southern area are decrease than these noticed throughout the identical interval final yr and likewise fall beneath the typical storage over the previous ten years.
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