Question: By what percent does the water storage level of 91 major reservoirs went down as per the latest survey of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation?
(a) 3%
(b) 4%
(c) 7%
(d) 2%
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- The water storage level of 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on March 20, 2019 went down by 2%. The water available is 54.002 BCM, which is 33% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs.
- The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 161.993 BCM which is about 63% of the total storage capacity of 257.812 BCM.
- The level of water storage in the week ending on March 20, 2019 was 109% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 98% of storage of average of last ten years.
NORTHERN REGION
- The northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan.
- There are 6 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 8.87 BCM which is 49% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
EASTERN REGION
- The Eastern region includes States of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura.
- There are 15 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 8.79 BCM which is 47% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
WESTERN REGION
- The Western region includes States of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
- There are 27 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 31.26 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 7.08 BCM which is 23% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs.
CENTRAL REGION
- The Central region includes States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
- There are 12 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 42.30 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 16.11 BCM which is 38% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs
SOUTHERN REGION
- The Southern region includes States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, (Two combined projects in both states), Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- There are 31 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 51.59 BCM. The total live storage available in these reservoirs is 13.15 BCM which is 25% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs.