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Water position in 70 reservoirs critical

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI Feb. 10. The overall water position in 70 important reservoirs of the country continues to be critical.

After consideration of the latest position today by the Crop Weather Watch Group of the Ministry of Agriculture, which reviews the water level in reservoirs, the Centre will ask the State Governments and the Central Water Commission to undertake desilting of reservoirs in view of the low levels of storage.

The group was informed that the total live storage in reservoirs monitored by the CWC was only 29 per cent of the capacity during the last week. With only three reservoirs having more than 80 per cent storage, the overall position continued to be critical.

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