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NTPC Ltd has been forced to curtail electricity production at a plant in West Bengal because of low water levels in the Farakka feeder canal. After two consecutive drought years, this could be the beginning of a new set of woes for India.
Water levels are depleting fast in India’s reservoirs. Weekly data published by the Central Water Commission show that storage availability at 91 major reservoirs in the country is a mere 29% of their total storage capacity. The same measure last year was a respectable 40%. These reservoirs account for about 62% of the estimated capacity to have been created in India.
As the chart alongside shows, the current level is 71% of last year’s capacity. It’s also below the average level of the last 10 years.
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