India, July 26 -- Despite decent rainfall in the third week of July, the condition of India's reservoirs remains worrisome. During the week of July 16-22, the country recorded almost normal rainfall, and the deficiency was only one per cent. However, from June 1 to July 25, rainfall has been 15 per cent less than normal.

According to the latest Central Water Commission (CWC) Bulletin, the live water storage available in 166 major reservoirs is about 36 per cent less than last year and is still below normal levels.

As on July 23, a total of 70.432 billion cubic metres (BCM) of water was available in 166 reservoirs, which is 38.37 per cent of their total live storage capacity.

The storage available in these reservoirs at this time last y...