SciencePhoto: Amar UjalaSevere Water Crisis Looms as Major Reservoirs Remain Unfilled Post-Monsoon
After the monsoon season, India's 178 major reservoirs hold only 68.58% of their total usable capacity, leaving 31.42% empty. Southern India faces a severe shortage, with the Cauvery basin at 60.50% and the Pennar basin at 72.32% below normal water levels. This decline threatens irrigation, drinking water supply, and hydropower generation in the coming months, according to the Central Water Commission's weekly bulletin.
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