New Delhi: The Central Water Commission has warned that there is a risk of a water shortage that will not be seen for 10 years as there is only 17 percent of the water remaining in the reservoirs in the southern states of Andhra, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
In a press release issued by the Central Water Commission, it said: The Central Water Commission is monitoring the reservoirs in various parts of the country. Out of these 42 reservoirs in South India have an average water capacity of 53.334 billion cubic meters (bcm). According to a recent study, only 8.865 billion cubic meters of water is found in the above mentioned reservoirs. This is 17 percent of the reservoir capacity.
In the last decade, 23 percent of the water capacity of South Indian reservoirs has been withdrawn. Moreover, in the last year 2023, there was 29 percent water reserve. Currently, only 17 percent of water is left in South Indian reservoirs, and there is a risk of severe drinking water shortage, agricultural irrigation shortage and setback in hydropower generation in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The main reason for this is insufficient rainfall in the Cauvery catchment areas this year. Similarly, the rivers flowing eastwards between the Mahanadi and Ben Naru basins also have very low water flow.
This is stated in a press release issued by the Central Water Commission.
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