Over 50 per cent of India’s major reservoirs are nearly brimming, with the storage crossing 90 per cent of the capacity this week, data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) showed.

The storage, which is 3.5 percentage points higher than last year and 15 percentage points more than normal (the last 10 years’ level), has improved this year with the South-West Monsoon showering 8 per cent excess rainfall.

CWC’s weekly report on storage in the key reservoirs showed that the level was 90.4 per cent of the 182.496 billion cubic metres (BCM) capacity at 164.986 BCM. Reservoirs in three of the five regions in the country continued to have storage above 90 per cent.

48 dams filled above 90 per cent

Thirty-five reservoirs were full, while the level in 48 was above 90 per cent. Of the 35, 13

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