Southwest Monsoon: 1/3rd of country’s major reservoirs are nearly full

Water levels in the Nagarjunasagar reservoir reached 586.6 metres on August 15.

Water levels in 31 of the 91 major reservoirs monitored across India were 80%-100% full on August 14.

 

Two months back, on June 14, just two of the dams had such levels. As on Wednesday, more than 200 people had died in four States due to floods and, in at least 13 sites, flood warning had been issued.

The tables list sites experiencing “above normal flood” (where water level has exceeded the warning mark (WM) but is less than the danger mark) or “severe flood” (where water level has exceeded danger mark (DM)) as on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Figures in metres.

Severe flood	DM	Actual	Trend
Kachhlabridge, U.P.	162	162.11	Steady
Neamatighat, Assam	85.04	85.23	Steady
Baltara, Bihar	33.85	34.49	Steady
Runisaidpur, Bihar	53.73	53.75	Steady
Kurundwad, Maharashtra	535.5	538.95	Falling

 

Above normal flood	WM	Actual	Trend
Araria, Bihar	46	46.14	Rising
Dumariaghat, Bihar	61.22	61.65	Steady
Fatehgarh, U.P.	136.6	136.72	Steady
Garhmukteshwar, U.P.	198.33	198.43	Steady
Mantralayam, A.P.	310	310.69	Falling
Mathani, Odisha	5	5.1	Rising
Samdoli, Maharashtra	541.95	542.37	Falling
Beki bridge, Assam	44.1	44.51	Rising