Repair works to be taken as per the recommendations of Expert Divers Committee in February or May 2025 Mysore/Mysuru: Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd (CNNL) engineers have allayed fears over leakage of water in sluice valves at the opening of right bank canal of Kabini Dam in H.D. Kote, by stating that, it has been occurring…
Kabini Dam is safe: DKS
August 2, 2024Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS), who holds Water Resources portfolio, has clarified that, no cracks have appeared in Kabini Dam and hence there is no threat to the Dam. Referring to media reports about the cracks in Kabini Dam, the Deputy CM said, those residing in river banks are in the grip of…
Water release from Kabini Dam & rains trigger flood threat: Rescue Operations on
July 31, 2024District officials camp in Nanjangud; Five relief centres set up to house residents of 6 villages on the banks of Kapila River Mysore/Mysuru: A high state of alert in the official machinery has been declared in Mysuru, particularly in Nanjangud, following warnings from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring…
DC visits Kabini, Nugu Dams; directs precautionary steps
July 18, 2024H.D. Kote, Nanjangud: In response to the heavy discharge of water from the Kabini Dam following rains in its catchment area in Kerala, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy visited the Kabini and Nugu Dams yesterday. This morning, the Kabini Dam recorded an inflow of 42,829 cusecs and an outflow of 46,667 cusecs. As…
25,000 cusecs of water released from Kabini
July 16, 2024Hadinaaru Kaalu Mantapa, bathing ghat in Nanjangud taluk submerged H.D. Kote: Over 25,000 cusecs of water is being released from the Kabini Dam in H.D. Kote, prompting a warning for residents living downstream to move to safer locations. This precautionary measure aims to ensure the safety of the Dam. The increase in outflow is due…
Silt eats into storage capacity of KRS, Kabini, Harangi Dams
September 7, 2023If silt is cleared from three Reservoirs, storage capacity can be increased by up to 8 tmcft By Bapu Lingaraj Urs Mysore/Mysuru: The live storage capacity of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS), Harangi and Kabini Reservoirs along the Cauvery Basin is decreasing due to siltation. Surprisingly, successive Governments have not taken any action to address this…
Release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu: No Expressway block; BJP stages protest in Mandya
August 21, 2023Mandya: Denouncing the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) and Kabini Dams despite the prevailing water scarcity in the region, a gathering of over 500 BJP activists, including MPs, MLAs and various individuals, staged a protest in Mandya this morning. Forgoing the earlier planned location of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway,…
Golden Jubilee of Kabini Dam on grand scale: MLA
August 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Kabini Dam in HD Kote taluk in the district has completed 50 years of its inception, which will be celebrated on a grand scale, said H.D. Kote MLA Anil Chikkamadu. He was speaking to media during his recent visit to Kabini Dam at Beechanahalli, which has reached its maximum level. “With Kabini Dam brimming,…
KRS and Kabini reservoirs reaching dead storage level
June 30, 2023Drinking water crisis looms large Mysore/Mysuru: With monsoon playing truant, the water levels in KRS and Kabini Reservoirs are dipping at an alarming rate, thus posing a threat even to the drinking water needs of Mysuru and surrounding districts of Cauvery basin. As on Thursday, the water-levels in both the dams were just short of…
Water level dips at KRS, Kabini Dams
June 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: There is only 6.5 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Srirangapatna Taluk of Mandya District and Kabini Dam in H.D. Kote Taluk of Mysuru District. Both these reservoirs take care of the drinking water needs of the residents of Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru. The low storage…
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