Storage drops to 27 per cent of capacity; Bihar’s sole dam and 6 others go dry
According to the CWC’s weekly bulletin on live storage status of the 150 reservoirs in the country, the level in 117 of the storages was below 40 per cent of the capacity and lower than 50 in another 19.
El Nino, which leads to prolonged dry periods and droughts in Asia, continued to affect India where storage in water reservoirs continued to decline for the 31st week in a row. Data from the Central Water Commission showed that the level in the 150 major reservoirs dropped to 27 per cent of the 178.784 billion cubic metres (BCM) capacity at 47.658 BCM.