Storage in India’s key reservoirs drops a tad to 89.5% of capacity this week
The storage in India’s 161 major reservoirs dropped a tad this week to 89.5 per cent of the capacity, while the storage in over 50 per cent was still over 90 per cent, data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) showed.
CWC’s weekly report on the storage in the key reservoirs showed that the level this week was 163.337 billion cubic metres (BCM) against the 182.496 BCM capacity. The storage in three of the five regions in the country continued to be above 90 per cent for the third consecutive week. The level was 3.5 percentage points higher than a year ago and over 15 percentage points more than usual (last 10 years).
Eleven dams in Maharashtra, five dams in Madhya Pradesh, four dams in Rajasthan, three dams in Jharkhand, two dams in Gujarat and one dam each in Telangana, Mizoram and Goa were full.
Rabi crops
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall this monsoon was 7 per cent surplus as of September 25. The North-West and Central regions have received 28 per cent and 12 per cent surplus rains, respectively, while the East and North-Eastern region received 19 per cent deficient precipitation. In the South, it was 8 per cent excess. The good reservoir storage and soil moisture augur well for the rabi season.
The western region had the highest storage in its 50 reservoirs at 96 per cent of the 37.357 BCM capacity at 35.684 BCM. Besides Goa, the level in Gujarat was 94 per cent and in Maharashtra 98 per cent.
In 28 reservoirs of the central region, the storage was 44.742 BCM or 92 per cent of the 48.588 BCM capacity. The storage in Chhattisgarh was 86 per cent; in Madhya Pradesh, 96 per cent; in Uttar Pradesh, 79 per cent, and in Uttarakhand, it was 93 per cent.
The 11 reservoirs of the northern region were filled to 92 per cent of the 19.836 BCM capacity at 18.245 BCM. The storage in Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal was 88.5 per cent, 97 per cent and 90.5 per cent, respectively.
In the 46 dams of the southern region, the level was 86.5 per cent of the 54.939 BCM capacity at 47.51 BCM. The level in Telangana was 71 per cent; in Karnataka, it was 89 per cent; in Andhra Pradesh, it was 881 per cent; in Kerala, it was 75 per cent, and in Tamil Nadu, it was 94 per cent.
The eastern region had the lowest storage at 78 per cent of the 21.759 BCM capacity at 16.975 BCM in its 27 reservoirs. Tripura’s lone dam was almost full, while the level in Meghalaya was 95 per cent. The level in Odisha was 81 per cent. Among other States, the level in West Bengal was below 45 per cent.
The storage position will likely stabilise around current levels with the South-West monsoon withdrawing in many parts of the country.
Published on September 25, 2025
