Notwithstanding the flash floods in the North Eastern States of Assam and Meghalaya, the current Monsoon-deficit stands at 9 per cent above normal whereas 91 reservoirs across the country are 58 per cent full to their capacity.
The Monsoon picture of the country presents a striking contrast. According to the data from India Meterological Department (IMD) while the North-East shows a surplus of 23 of average, Central India is reeling under a deficit of 21per cent of normal rains.
According to the IMD, two western disturbances have affected Western Himalayan region and adjoining areas causing sudden spurt in rains. The country has so far received 564.9 mm rains so far as against the normal of 623.1 mm of rain. While the North-East has so far received 1008.1 mm as against the normal of 914.1 mm, the Central India has received only 391.9 mm of rain during the season.
The flood situation worsened on Friday following incessant rainfall in the upper catchment areas of Bhutan
and Arunachal Pradesh, Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level in Jorhat and Dibrugarh besides other districts.
Several areas of Kaziranga National Park were under flood waters forcing wild animals to move to highland areas in the nearby hills of Karbi Anglong district. Certain parts of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal were also flooded following torrential rains since last week.
However, as per the predictions of IMD, North-West and Central India will however not receive much rain in the days to come.
Meanwhile, the water storage level in 91 important reservoirs in the country stands at 91.073 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM) which is 58 percent of the total storage capacity of these reservoirs.
The present level is 88 per cent of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 92 per cent of storage of average of last 10 years. The storage position in the current year is better than the storage position of last year and is also better than the storage average of last 10 years, according to sources in the Ministry.
They informed that Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh have a better storage status than last year for the corresponding period.
The States having lower storage than the last year for the corresponding period are Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, said the sources.