The Central Water Commission on Wednesday said that water storage position in major rivers of the country at present is better than the average of previous 10 years. The Commission said in a statement that as per data available in the last week of January, storage position in major rivers including Ganga, Indus, Narmada, Tapi, Mahi, Sabarmati, rivers of Kutch, is better than average of previous 10 years and Godavari and Krishna basins are close to normal. The Commission, which is monitoring the storage position of 82 important water reservoirs across the country, said, the combined live storage in these reservoirs at the beginning of monsoon from June 1 last year was 24 per cent of their designed capacity and stood at 55 per cent of it as on January 25 this year. It said, the present storage is 89 per cent of last year's storage and 122 per cent of last 10 years average storage during the same period.

The Commission said, it was keeping in touch with the Department of agriculture to derive the best possible benefits from the available water.