Southern India tackles water scarcity as reservoir levels down at 15%: CWC

With the southern region most hit at just 15 per cent total live storage capacity in reservoirs, the storage capacity this year is below the average of last 10 years during the corresponding period, the Central Water Commission (CWC) data has revealed. The CWC's analysis also indicated a week-on-week decrease in storage levels, affecting not only the southern region but also the nation as a whole. As of last Thursday, the southern region's reservoir capacity stood at 16 per cent, dropping from 17 per cent the previous week. The bulletin from the CWC said the southern region has been severely impacted, with reservoirs operating at only 15 per cent of their total live storage capacity. The data from the CWC shows that storage levels this year are lower than both the corresponding period last year and the ten-year average for the same period. Nationally, out of 150 monitored reservoirs, the total live storage capacity is 178.784 billion cubic metres (BCM), approximately 69.35 per cen