If 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…
K.R. Constituency to be borewell-free from Apr. 20: MLA Ramdas
March 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: KR MLA S.A. Ramdas said that ‘The dream of making Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency free from borewells will be a reality on Apr.20.’ Ramdas spoke to media persons after inspecting Kabini Water Storage unit near Bidaragoodu, along with Deputy Mayor Dr. G. Roopa, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy, Officers of Vani Vilas…
Water Resources Minister visits Harangi, Kabini Dams
August 22, 20228.80 lakh cubic metres of deposited silt to be removed from Harangi Reservoir Takes exception to illegal private resorts fleecing tourists in Kabini backwaters Kushalnagar: After a long delay, the State Government will finally begin work on removing silt from the Harangi Dam in Kodagu district in November this year. Harangi is the main Cauvery…
MLA Ramdas holds meeting regarding supply of Kabini drinking water
July 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: KR MLA S.A. Ramdas on Tuesday held a meeting with CESC officials at his office in Vidyaranyapuram, in order to find a long-lasting solution to problems concerning supply of Kabini drinking water to various localities of the city. Speaking to press persons after the meeting, Ramdas said that Kabini drinking water project has been…
CM offers bagina at KRS, Kabini
July 20, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing the tradition of Karnataka Chief Ministers offering bagina to the Dams after they fill to the brim, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, along with his wife Chennamma, offered bagina to Kabini and the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dams this morning. After landing at the Mysore Airport in Mandakalli, the CM headed to Chamundi Hill…
CM to offer bagina at KRS, Kabini tomorrow
July 19, 2022Mysuru/Mandya: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will offer bagina to River Cauvery at KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district and to River Kapila at Kabini Dam in H.D. Kote of Mysuru district tomorrow (July 20). The water level in KRS Dam stood at 124.50 ft today (July 19). The inflow was 65,633 cusecs and…
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