The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam came alive last night with a melange of colours as the Dam authorities have set up special lighting arrangements at the place where more than 1 lakh cusecs of water is being released.
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Rain continues to batter Kodagu; KRS inflow touches 22,719 cusecs
August 7, 2019Madikeri / Mysuru: Kodagu District Administration has sounded Red Alert in Coffee District Kodagu till Aug.10 following intensified rain under the influence of South West Monsoon. The decision on whether to extend the alert will be after assessing the rain situation. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy rainfall and issuing ‘Orange and Red’…
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Brindavan Garden designer’s great-granddaughter fulfils wishes of her mother’s love for India
August 6, 2019Traces Horticulturist Krumbiegel’s footsteps at KRS, Mysuru Zoo By N. Niranjan Nikam Mysuru: The six-day pilgrimage that Alyia Phelps Gardiner Krumbiegel, great-granddaughter of Horticulturist and designer of Brindavan Gardens and Lalbagh Gustav Herman Krumbiegel, undertook to Mysuru, ended on a sombre note, with the immersion of her mother’s ashes at Sangama in Srirangapatna on Aug.3….
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KRS Disneyland project SCRAPPED?
August 4, 2019Mysuru: The new BJP government is likely to drop the controversial Disneyland project at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam initiated by the previous Coalition Government. A high-level meeting will be held in Bengaluru under the chairmanship of Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Limited (CNNL) Managing Director H.L. Prasanna Kumar at his office tomorrow morning to decide the…
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Vatal Nagaraj stages protest at KRS against water release to TN
August 4, 2019Police are seen carrying Kannada Chaluvali leader Vatal Nagaraj from inside the KRS reservoir premises where he was staging a protest against the continuous release of water from the reservoir to Tamil Nadu this morning. Expressing unhappiness over Mekadatu Project, Vatal Nagaraj gave one week’s time for the State Government to start the project work…
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Storage in KRS lowest in the last 45 years
August 2, 2019Bengaluru: The water level in all the four reservoirs in the Cauvery Basin in Karnataka is lowest since last four-and-a-half decades (45 years), according to the Department of Water Resources. Official sources said that the water level in all the reservoirs in the Cauvery Basin, including Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS), Kabini, Harangi and Gorur stood…
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Cauvery Authority asks Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft of water to TN
August 2, 2019Mandya MP Sumalatha counters Dayanidhi Maran’s allegations New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) yesterday directed Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water to Tamil Nadu, which is suffering one of its worst dry spells and acute shortages of drinking water. This was CWMA’s fourth meeting since its formation in…
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Mandya DC offers prayers at KRS for rains
July 27, 2019With the monsoon playing truant and the district facing severe water crisis, the District Administration offered special prayers at KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk on Friday. A team of officials led by Mandya DC Manjushree and SP Shivaprakash Devraj offered special prayers to Goddess Cauvery at KRS, praying the almighty for good rainfall and filling…
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Water into canals only if KRS water level touches 96 ft : Mandya DC
July 11, 2019Mandya: Water can be released into the canal only if water level at KRS (Krishna Raja Sagar) dam touches 96 feet, said Deputy Commissioner (DC) N. Manjushri. She was addressing a progress review meeting of different departments chaired by District-in-charge Secretary Javed Akthar at the Cauvery Auditorium in the Zilla Panchayat office here on Tuesday…
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Re-inventing history: Museum planned at KRS Dam site
July 8, 2019Statues of Nalwadi and Sir MV to be installed near entrance Srirangapatna: Every monsoon season, the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is invariably or rather inevitably in the focus because if it is full to the brim, there is water for South Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. If it is not full, panic grips the entire…
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