Northern Region Reservoirs Hold 75% Water Stock

19-Aug-2025 09:46 PM

New Delhi. Due to regular and good rains of southwest monsoon, the water stock in 11 dams and reservoirs of northern region has increased to 75% as compared to its total storage capacity. Under this, 84% water is available in reservoirs of Rajasthan, 73.5% in Himachal Pradesh and 69.5% in dams of Punjab.

A total of 15.047 billion cubic meters (BCM) of water is available in the dams of northern region, which is 75.79% of its total storage capacity of 19.836 BCM.

With sufficient water stock available in dams and reservoirs, it will be possible to supply water as per the requirement for the cultivation of crops including wheat, gram and mustard in the upcoming Rabi season.

It is worth noting that before the onset of the southwest monsoon rains in June, the water stock in the dams of Himachal Pradesh had come down to below 30 percent and in the reservoirs of Punjab to below 25 percent.

On the other hand, the water stock in the 27 dams and reservoirs in the eastern part of the country has improved to 11.860 BCM which is 54.5 percent of its total storage capacity of 21.759 BCM.

The only reservoir of Mizoram is almost completely filled with water while the only reservoir of Tripura is also 95 percent filled with water.

As compared to the storage capacity, the dams of Bihar have 80 percent water stock and the reservoirs of Bengal have 70 percent water stock.

Heavy rains are falling in many districts of Bihar. But Orissa has lagged far behind in this matter where the dams and reservoirs have a little less than 50 percent water stock while the reservoir of Nagaland has a water stock of 55.5 percent.