Central Water Commission  under Ministry of Water Resources is monitoring storage position of 81 important reservoirs spread all over the country, of which as many as 36 reservoirs have significant hydro-power benefits with installed capacity of more than 60 MW each. The combined live storage in these 81 reservoirs at the beginning of monsoon i.e. 1st June, 2007was 25 per cent of their designed capacity and stood at 79 per cent of the designed capacity as on 26th October 2007. The present storage is 94 per cent of the last year’s storage and 119 per cent of last 10 years average storage during the same period. Out of these 81 reservoirs there are presently 9 reservoirs where this year’s storage is 80 per cent or less than the average of previous 10 years and in the remaining 72 reservoirs the storage is more than 80 per cent of the average of previous 10 years.
In order to derive the best possible benefits from the available water, Central Water Commission is keeping in touch with the Department of Agriculture and Co-operation and providing information of the weekly storage position to the Crop Weather Watch Group for evolving suitable crop strategies and also apprising the situation to various Departments and Ministries involved in Water Resources Planning.
Basinwise storage position as on 26th October 2007 is as follows:
The storage position in ten basins namely Ganga, Narmada, Mahi, Sabarmati, Krishna, Godavari, Tapi, Kutch. Cauvery & Neighbouring East flowing Rivers and West Flowing rivers of South is better than average of previous 10 years. Indus and Mahanadi & Neighbouring East Flowing Rivers are flowing close to normal.
Out of 36 reservoirs with significant hydro potential, 7 reservoirs have storage build up less than the average of last 10 years capacity