Achi news desk-
The water crisis deepens in the south
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With the beginning of summer, the water crisis began to deepen in Israel. The situation is worse in South India. South Indian states are facing a severe water crisis and the situation is that the capacity of the water reservoirs has been reduced to only 17 percent. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has received this information.
The water crisis situation is serious in the southern countries
South Indian states include Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In a bulletin issued by CWC on Thursday regarding the storage level of reservoirs in different regions of India, it said that there are 42 reservoirs under the supervision of the commission in the southern region with a total storage capacity of 53.334 BCM (Billion Cubic Meters). According to the latest report, the total current storage in these reservoirs is 8.865 BCM, which is only 17 percent of their total capacity.
This figure is significantly lower than the level of storage in the corresponding period last year (29 percent) and the ten-year average for the same period (23 percent). Low storage levels in reservoirs in the southern region indicate a growing shortage of water in these countries and potential challenges for irrigation, drinking water and hydropower.
