Archive · 2 Jan 2026

India's Reservoir Levels Drop Below 80%

India's Reservoir Levels Drop Below 80%

India has 166 big water storage places called reservoirs.

This week, the water in these reservoirs is less than 80% full.

The total water now is 142.177 billion cubic meters, which is 77.45% of what they can hold.

This is more water than last year and more than the average of the last 10 years.

Some places like the western and central regions have more than 80% water, but other places like the northern, eastern, and southern regions have less.

Only 8 reservoirs are completely full, and 42 have more than 90% water.

However, 13 reservoirs have less than 40% water.

The weather people say there will be less rain in the next few months, so the water levels might go down even more.

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