Question : WATER LEVEL IN RESERVOIRS

(a) whether the Government is aware that water is fast depleting in key reservoirs and dams in the country;

(b) if so, whether the live storage in 85 water bodies was 33% of total capacity as on 1 May, 2014 and thirty out of 85 water bodies in south India recorded the maximum dip in storage in the past four months;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether irrigation and the drinking water situation in all the States of the country is getting affected due to fall in water level; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with steps taken by the Union Government to make alternative arrangements in this regard; State-wise?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION; PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND TEXTILES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE). (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to ( c) The Central Water Commission (CWC) monitors live storage of 85 reservoirs spread across the country having a total live storage capacity of 155.046 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM). As per Reservoir Bulletin of 1st May 2014, the live storage available in these reservoirs was 33% of the live storage capacity of these reservoirs at Full Reservoir Level (FRL).
The 85 reservoirs under live storage monitoring of CWC include 30 reservoirs of the Southern Region. The percentage storage with reference to live storage capacity during last four months as per Reservoir Bulletins issued during the period is given in the following table:

 
 Region	No. of Reservoirs	Live storage capacity	Date of Bulletin	% age storage of	under monitoring	of reservoirs at FRL	30 reservoirs w.r.to	capacity at FRL. Southern	30	51.37 BCM	6.3.2014	31 Region	3.4.2014	22	1.5.2014	16	22.5.2014	14	12.6.2014	13	19.6.2014	12	26.6.2014	13	17.7.2014	16