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Lok Sabha
The average annual rainfall during the last five years as estimated by the India Meteorological Department is 1,117 millimetre (mm). However, the long term annual average rainfall is 1,170mm.
The average annual water availability in the country is assessed as 1869 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM). Owing to topographic, hydrological and other constraints, the utilizable; water is assessed as 1122 BCM. Rest of the water could be considered to be flowing down to sea. For harvesting rain water, creation of storages through major, medium & minor schemes has been taken up by the respective State Governments. As a result, storage capacity of 213 bCM has been created so far. The schemes for rain water harvesting have also been taken up schemes for restoration of water bodies, rain water harvesting and artificial recharge to ground water.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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