India, July 4 -- The southwest monsoon has become active across much of India. Heavy rains are lashing some states, leading to flood-like conditions in many places. Yet the state of the country's reservoirs has become increasingly worrisome.

According to the latest weekly bulletin of the Central Water Commission (CWC), a total of 47.725 billion cubic metres (BCM) of water is available in the country's 166 major reservoirs as on July 2, 2026. This is only 26 per cent of the total live storage capacity of 183.565 BCM in these reservoirs.

This amount represents only 61.13 per cent of the water available during the same period last year (78.077 BCM). It is also 1.4 per cent lower than the average storage of the past ten years (48.402 BCM)....