Water Reservoirs

Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the US, has seen a slight rise in water level after hitting its lowest since the first filling in the 1960s

Levels below last year but higher than 10-year avg

The district administration officials told IANS that water could enter 50 to 75 houses by Tuesday evening and those residing in these places would be shifted to relief centres

While the water stock recorded on July 5 was 14.76 per cent, it has now risen to 74.82 per cent, the official said.

Overall water storage is around 9 per cent higher than same period last year

Govt data on 140 reservoirs shows 7.3 per cent higher levels than previous year

Erratic rains have impacted sowing of kharif crops and unless the monsoon revives quickly, it could have an impact on the final yields, particularly of the crops that were sown late

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the Mekedatu reservoir project across the Cauvery river will be implemented for sure

India too plans to construct a multipurpose reservoir in Arunachal Pradesh to offset its impact, a senior official of the Jal Shakti ministry said on Tuesday.

Medical facilities, vaccination of animals, tarpaulin sheets and food packets are being distributed

The water level in 91 major reservoirs in the country continued to be at 19 per cent of their total capacity for the second week in a row, the government said today.The Union water resources ministry said the reservoirs -- including the Nagarjuna Sagar, Indira Sagar and Bhakra dams -- contained 29.665 billion cubic metres (BCM) of water for the week ending today.The fresh water level is 126 per cent of the storage reported during the corresponding period last year and 91 per cent of the decadal average, the ministry said in a statement.Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu reported lesser storage vis- vis last year.Reservoirs in Himachal Pradesh have reported equal storage.Punjab, West Bengal, Tripura, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Karnataka have recorded better storage.

37 reservoirs out of these 91 have hydropower benefit with installed capacity of more than 60 mw

As on December 8, the stock available in these reservoirs was 100.326 billion cubic metres

According to water resources ministry, 105.209 BCM of water was available in these reservoirs for the week ending on Nov 24

Good rains pushed sowing of Kharif crops to record highs with an almost 30% rise in acreage

The total capacity of these reservoirs is 157.799 BCM

The latest levels were lower than the last 10 years' average of 47%, but 7% points higher compared with the previous week

Latest levels were higher than the last 10 yrs average of 33%