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India Reservoir Water Levels at 66%

The water level in 91 major reservoirs across India has dropped to 66% of total storage capacity, down from 67% last week. As of November 9th, the total water storage was 103.527 billion cubic meters, a decrease from 105.984 billion cubic meters the previous week. While the current water levels are 96% of the same period last year, some states like Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and Odisha have reported lower storage than last year.

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India Reservoir Water Levels at 66%

The water level in 91 major reservoirs across India has dropped to 66% of total storage capacity, down from 67% last week. As of November 9th, the total water storage was 103.527 billion cubic meters, a decrease from 105.984 billion cubic meters the previous week. While the current water levels are 96% of the same period last year, some states like Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and Odisha have reported lower storage than last year.

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Water level drops to 66% in 91 major reservoirs across India

The water level in 91 major reservoirs across the country has gone down to
66 per cent of their total storage capacity from 67 per cent last week,
according to an official statement.

As of November 9, the water storage in the reservoirs was 105.984 billion


cubic metres (BCM). It has now decreased to 103.527 BCM (for the week
ending today).

The latest water levels in the reservoirs are 96 per cent of the storage
reported during the corresponding period last year, the Union Water
Resources Ministry said in the statement.

These are 96 per cent of the decadal average for the corresponding period,
the statement added.

The reservoirs in states such as Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat,


Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana have
reported lesser storage level than last year.

Maharashtra and Punjab have reported storage equal to that last year.

Major dams in Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Uttarakhand,


Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have reported better
storage level vis-a-vis the corresponding period last year.

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