Bengaluru: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Echo of delayed monsoon: Harangi Dam touches dead storage level
June 23, 2019Krishna Raja Sagar Dam inching towards dead storage level of 74.76 feet Mysore: Mysuru is staring at imminent drinking water crisis as the Harangi Reservoir in Kodagu, the main source of water to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya that supplies water to Mysuru and surrounding areas, has reached the dead storage level….
Echo of stone quarrying around KRS Dam: Scientists to make impact study
January 25, 2019Mandya: A team of scientists from the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, have been permitted by Mandya District Administration to conduct trial blasts to study the impact of stone quarrying on Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, in Mandya District. Though the trial blasts were scheduled to begin today (Jan. 25) it has…
‘Ban mining – Drop Disneyland Project- Save KRS Dam’ Movement launched
December 19, 2018Freedom fighter Doreswamy condemns stoic silence of former PM H.D. Deve Gowda Resolution Complete ban around 20 kms radius of KRS. Drop Disneyland project at KRS surroundings. Immediate ban on mining in reserve forest areas. Rejuvenation of lakes and ponds destroyed during mining. Government should not acquire farmers land near KRS. Mandya: Freedom fighter H.S….
Disneyland at KRS Dam vehemently opposed
December 8, 2018Mysuru: Vehemently opposing the Government’s move to construct a Disneyland like project at KRS Dam site in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, over a hundred activists from various association and organisations, under the joint banner of ‘Bebi Betta Ulisi, KRS Rakshishi,’ held a preliminary meeting at Karnataka Institute for Agricultural Marketing complex auditorium on Hunsur…
Disneyland at Brindavan Gardens: Detailed Project Report to be submitted tomorrow
November 15, 2018Mysuru/Bengaluru: The State Government’s grandiose plans of building a Disneyland-like Amusement Park at the iconic Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mandya District is inching towards reality with the architects submitting the Detailed Project Report to project implementers tomorrow. While a high-level meeting took place in Bengaluru last evening to decide on the main project attractions…
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