Water level at KRS dam barely 50 per cent despite heavy rains

Farmers jumped into the Cauvery river protesting releasing of water to Tamil Nadu

Despite heavy rains in the catchment areas, the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mysuru is barely 50 per cent full. As on July 22, the live storage in KRS dam was a mere 8.62 TMC as against the capacity of 45.05. Same day last year, the water stood at 17.27 TMC.

Despite the dam reporting water level of barely 84.70 ft as against its maximum level of 124 ft, the Karnataka government is already releasing water to Tamil Nadu according to the Supreme court's order. On Saturday, farmers jumped into the Cauvery protesting releasing of water to Tamil Nadu even before the KRS filled up. Police had to intervene and contain protests.

While the Harangi and Kabini dams have received good inflow owing to heavy rains in the catchment area, dams like Linganamakki and Supa are yet to receive good water inflow. On July 22, Harangi had 6.73 TMC storage capacity as against the maximum of 8.07 but Supa dam had a mere 6 .85 TMC water against maximum capacity of 145 .33 TMC. The Kabini dam recorded 9.55 TMC water storage on July 22 as against the maximum of 15.67 TMC.

In the Krishna basin, the Almatti dam recorded water levels of 1691 ft as against the maximum capacity of 1705 ft. Nagarjuna Sagar had 117.69 TMC storage as against the maximum of 312.045 TMC. In the Godavari basin, Nizam Sagar recorded 1380.3 Ft water level on July 22 as against the maximum of 1405.

In Telananga, the Osman Sagar reservoir recorded 1776.940 ft water level as against the maximum of 1790 ft while Himayath Sagar had 0.68 TMC water storage as against full capacity of 2.96 TMC.

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