Explained: Reservoir levels — a little more water than usual but not everywhere | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Reservoir levels — a little more water than usual but not everywhere | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Amitabh Sinha |Pune |Updated: June 17, 2019 4:24:09 pm

Explained: Reservoir levels — a little more water than usual but not everywhere

Storage in the country’s reservoirs is just over what is normal for this time of the year. But those in Western and Southern Regions are way short of those levels.

Bhakra and Pong reservoirs are in a ‘critical position’ (Representational Image)

The overall storage position in the 91 major reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commission (CWC) across the country this week is better than the situation in the corresponding week of last year, as well as the corresponding average storage of the last 10 years, the CWC has said in its latest report, published on June 13.