THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) & (b) India receives an average annual precipitation
of 4000 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM) which also includes snow-
melt. Out of this, 3000 BCM occurs during monsoon. As per
the assessment of the Central Water Commission (CWC) in
1993, the average annual flow in the river-systems of the
country is assessed at 1869 BCM, out of this 1122 BCM is
utilizable comprising of about 690 BCM as surface water and
432 as replenishable ground water. In addition, about 200
to 250 BCM can be utilized through inter-basin water
transfer from the surplus river basins to the deficit river
basins. Upto 1995, a live storage capacity of 177 BCM has
been created by construction of large dams in the country.
Besides, projects to add an additional storage capacity of
about 75 BCM are under construction and for 132 BCM are
under planning. In addition, water has also been diverted
into canals by constructing barrages / weirs etc. for
utilization of river waters for various purposes. The
utilization through surface and ground water in 1997
has been reported as 605 BCM. The average annual
availability of water and the live storage capacity of
reservoirs in major river basins in the country is given at
Annex.
ANNEX
Annex to answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 209 to be answered on 23.07.2001
BASINWISE STORAGE IN INDIA (in billion cubic metre)
Sl.No Name of the River Live Storage Capacity
. Basin Average Aver Aver
Annual age age
Flow Annu Annu
al al
Flow Flow
Comple Project Total Project
ted s under s under
Projec Constru Conside
ts ction ration
1 Indus(Up to 73.30 73.3 73.3 13.83 2.45 16.29 0.27
Border) 0 0
2 a) Ganga 525.02 525. 525. 36.84 17.12 53.96 29.56
02 02
b) Brahamputra & 585.60 585. 585. 1.09 2.40 3.49 63.35
Barak 60 60
3 Godavari 110.54 110. 110. 19.51 10.65 30.16 8.28
54 54
4 Krishna 78.12 78.1 78.1 34.48 7.78 42.25 0.13
2 2
5 Cauvery 21.36 21.3 21.3 7.43 0.39 7.82 0.34
6 6
6 Pennar 6.32 6.32 6.32 0.38 2.13 2.51
7 East flowing 22.52 22.5 22.5 1.63 1.45 3.08 0.86
rivers between 2 2
Mahanadi to
Godavari & Krishna
to Pennar
8 East flowing 16.46 16.4 16.4 1.42 0.02 1.44
rivers between 6 6
Pennar &
Kanyakumari
9 Mahanadi 66.88 66.8 66.8 8.49 5.39 13.88 10.96
8 8
10 Brahamani & 28.48 28.4 28.4 4.76 0.24 5.00 8.72
Baitarni 8 8
11 Subernarekha 12.37 12.3 12.3 0.66 1.65 2.31 1.59
7 7
12 Subarmati 3.81 3.81 3.81 1.35 0.12 1.47 0.09
13 Mahi 11.02 11.0 11.0 4.75 0.36 5.11 0.02
2 2
14 West flowing 15.10 15.1 15.1 4.31 0.58 4.89 3.15
rivers of Kutch, 0 0
Saurashtra
including Luni
15 Narmada 45.64 45.6 45.6 6.60 16.72 23.32 0.47
4 4
16 Tapi 14.88 14.8 14.8 8.53 1.01 9.54 1.99
8 8
17 West flowing 87.41 87.4 87.4 7.10 2.66 9.76 0.84
rivers from Tapi 1 1
to Tadri
18 West flowing 113.53 113. 113. 10.24 2.31 12.55 1.70
rivers from Tadri 53 53
to Kanyakumari
19 Area of inland Neg. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
drainage in
Rajasthan
20 Minor river basins 31.00 31.0 31.0 0.31 0.00 0.31 0.00
draining into 0 0
Bangladesh &
Myanmar
TOTAL 1869.35 1869 1869 173.73 75.42 249.1 132.32
.35 .35 5
Note:
1 Projects having a live storage capacity of 10 million cubic metre
and above only are included.
2 An additional live storage capacity of 3 billion cubic
metre(approx.) is estimated to be created through Medium Projects
each having a capacity of less than 10 million cubic metre thus
making a total live storage capacity of 177 billion cubic metre
in completed projects.
3 Totals may not tally due to rounding off.