Indian key resevoirs filled over 90% for 5th week in a row
FOR COIMBATORE TAMIL NADU 01/11/2025:
Water flows through a check dam on the Noyyal near Sunnambu Kaalvai in Coimbatore city
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The level in India’s major 161 reservoirs continued to be over 90 per cent for the fifth consecutive week even as 93 dams were filled over 90 per cent, data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) showed.
With the country receiving 45 per cent surplus post-monsoon rain from October 1-November 5, 48 reservoirs were brimming, while another 45 had a storage of over 90 per cent, the CWC’s weekly bulletin on the storage position in the major reservoirs showed.
The current storage is over 5.5 percentage points higher than last year and 18.5 percentage more than normal (last 10 years). Compared with last week, only the western and central regions had storage level exceeding 90 per cent.
Best storage
With the western region receiving 149 per cent rain during the post-monsoon phase, it had the best storage of over 97 per cent in the country. The storage in the 50 reservoirs of the region was 97.24 per cent of the 37.357 BCM capacity at 36.325 BCM. While Goa’s lone reservoir continued to be full, Gujarat’s level was 97 per cent and that of Maharashtra 98 per cent.
The 28 reservoirs of the central region were filled to 44.690 BCM or 92 per cent of the 48.588 BCM capacity. The level in Madhya Pradesh was 96 per cent and in Uttarakhand it was 94 per cent, while dams in Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh were filled to 86 and 79 per cent, respectively.
The 46 reservoirs in the South had a storage level of 89.95 per cent of 54.939 BCM capacity at 49.417 BCM. At 94 per cent, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh had the best storage. In Karnataka, the level was 88 per cent, while it was 91 per cent and 81 per cent in Telangana and Kerala, respectively.
Good for rabi
The 11 reservoirs in the northern region were filled to 86 per cent of the 19.836 BCM at 17.069 BCM. Reservoirs in Rajasthan had a storage of 98 per cent, while the level in Punjab and Himachal was 85 per cent and 82 per cent, respectively.
In the eastern region, the 27 storages had a level of 82 per cent or 17.777 BCM of 21.759 BCM capacity. Meghalaya’s lone reservoir continued to be full, while the lone reservoir in Mizoram and Tripura was filled over 85 per cent and 95 per cent, respectively. The level in Jharkhard was 73 per cent, while in Bihar and Bengal it was over 50 per cent.
The storage situation augurs well for the current rabi sowing with soil moisture being good apart from the reservoirs level The level will likely drop a tad in the coming weeks with the IMD forecasting only light rain across the country.
Published on November 6, 2025
