What Central Water Commission’s latest report says about Gujarat

Central Water commission is monitoring storage position of 81 important reservoirs spread all over the country, of which as many as 36 reservoirs are having significant hydro-power benefits with installed capacities of more than 60MW each. The CWC on Thursday submitted its latest report(30th June, 2011) narrating actual picture of water storage in important river basins and reservoirs.

In basin wise storage position section, the report suggests that Gujarat’s Narmada, Tapi and rivers of Kutch have better than normal waster storage at present, while Mahi and Sabarmati are in deficient position.
Basin wise storage position:

While departure percentage of water compare to 10 years average is 97.37% in the case of Tapi, 112.29% Narmada and 55.56% in the case of rivers of Kutch, the scenario is -32.65 in Mahi river basin and -25.26% in Sabarmati river basin.

When it comes to reservoirs, out of 81 reservoirs, 15 reservoirs reported 80% of below of normal storage. Gujarat’s Damangamga and Dantiwada are among these 15 reservoirs with 41% and 20% of normal storage respectively.

Situation of water storage in Gujarat’s Kadana and Dharoi is not satisfactory as well. These two reservoirs has lesser water storage than what it should be at this time in view of last 10 years average. The situation in Ukai, Shetrunji, Bhadar and Panam is however better than the average.

The entire report is available on this link in PDF format.