Reservoirs at 39% of the storage capacity at Full Reservoirs Level: Central Water Commission

Live storage of 140 important reservoirs on the week ending April 22 is 68.739 billion cubic meter (BCM), which is 15.235 BCM more than the average of the last 10 years, said the Central Water Commision.

This equals to 39% of the storage capacity at Full Reservoirs Level (FRL).

The 113 reservoirs used for irrigation are at 43% of their capacity.


Last year the reservoirs were at 63.344 BCM during the corresponding period. Around 120 reservoirs have 80% of the storage average of last 10 years.