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The latest water levels in the reservoirs are 91 percent of the storage reported in the corresponding period last year, the Union water resources ministry said in the statement. The water stock is 91 percent of the decadal average as well, the statement added.
Reservoirs in states such as Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana have reported lower levels than than last year.
Major dams in Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have reported better storage level vis-Ã-vis the corresponding period last year.
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