Heavy downpours swiftly filling up reservoirs across the country

Following heavy downpour in the months of June-July, reservoirs across the country are swiftly filling up. The water level in reservoirs has increased by 119% when compared to water levels in the last decade.

New Delhi: Reservoirs across the country are witnessing the scenario of increasing water level as the rain has been lashing out continuously in several parts of the country. According to the data fetched by the ETV Bharat, all most all of the reservoirs have 155% of more water than 2019.

Interestingly, the water level in reservoirs has increased by 119% when compared with the levels in the past 10 years according to the senior officials with the Central Water Commission(CWC).

“Though the flood havoc occurred in Assam and several eastern states, other parts of the country had received decent downpours. Due to the adequate and surplus rainfall, dams and reservoirs are filling up in a faster mode in this July,” said an officer.

While the live storage water levels of reservoirs were 42.826 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) last year, it has improved to 66.372 Billion Cubic Meter this year according to the date of CWC.

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The CWC data further reveals many central states including Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have almost of the full capacity of water in the dams.

Chattisgarh’s Dudhawa dam had already reached its full capacity and water has been diverted to other storage facilities. The live storage level in Maharastra’s Tapi dam had the departure of 89 per cent. Also, the storage in Sabarmati was 79% higher than the last ten-year average.

In the south, the live storage in Andhra Pradesh’s Godavari had the departure of 69% per cent with respect to the average storage in the past 10 years.

“Even as it is a good sign, we are not taking it as a lighter note as it would cause any hazards. We have been monitoring the rise of water level and releasing it in a safer way,” said a senior officer with CWC.