Flood situation in Krishna, Cauvery ease
Bangalore, Aug 14 (UNI) Life in the flood-hit areas of Krishna and Cauvery River Basins is slowly limping back to normal with considerable decrease in precipitation and a marginal drop in inflows to major reservoirs.
The water levels in River Krishna came down marginally while it receded considerably in Cauvery and Bhima Rivers.
At Alamatti Reservoir across Krishna in Bagalkot District the inflow was at 2.22 lakh cusecs and the discharge reduced to 1.87 lakh cusecs.
Downstream Narayanpur also saw reduction in inflow at 2.02 lakh cusecs. The outflow was 1.83 lakh cusecs.
The swollen Bhima also showed signs of receding flood levels with inflow dropping to 62,000 cusecs from 79,000 cusecs yesterday.
After a fortnight rain havoc in the Cauvery Basin areas,life was fast returning to normalcy as levels in Cauvery and its tributaries receded further.
Main catchment area of Kodagu District, which received a record rainfall so far this season, saw much less intensity in rain since yesterday.
Schools and colleges, which were closed for more than a week, re-opened yesterday.
Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir across Cauvery, near Mysore, Kabini Dam in the same district and Harangi Reservoir in Kodagu District continued to brim but inflows dropped considerably.
The outflow to downstream Tamil Nadu from River Cauvery dropped to little over 50,000 cusecs today.
Road traffic and life returned to normalcy in the Hassan District which was also battered by South-West Monsoon during the past two weeks.
However, relief works continued in most of the affected areas in the state.
UNI