Table 8.4
               Reservoir Status
              (End of September)
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   Position	              1995  	1996 
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1. Number of Reservoirs	
   covered	                63      63

2. Total live storage(TMC)	90.1	97.7

3. Average of last 10
   years(TMC)	                93.4	94.2

4. Current year's storage
   as per cent of the
   design storage	        72	78

5. Per cent of this year's
   live capacity to last
   year	                        80     108

6. Per cent of this year's
   capacity to average of
   last 10 years	        96     104
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