August rain fills up reservoirs to normal levels

New Delhi, Monday, September 3, The rains during August have helped major reservoirs of the country to replenish its storage. The reservoirs have reached to normal levels even if it remains below the level the reservoirs observed during same time last year. The present storage is close to 82 percent of last year while it is 100 percent of the average of last 10 years.

The last week of August received 6 percent more rain than average which reduced the rainfall deficiency from 22 percent at the end of July to 12 percent. The 51 of the 84 reservoirs have storage level below their normal at this time of the year while the rest 33 reservoirs have very good water levels. The reservoirs in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are running below their normal storage at this time of the year. The 16 reservoirs on Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala are running low against their normal storage.

In the central region, reservoirs in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh are above normal levels. Though Gujarat and Rajasthan also had drought-like situation, the August rainfall has ensured that the reservoirs have filled up to near normal levels. With rainfall is expected in the first week of September in most parts of the country, the reservoirs are expected to be beneficiaries of such continuous showers.