Cauvery Water Regulation Committee rejects State’s request to delay decision until July end New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) on Thursday directed the Karnataka Government to release one thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water per day to Tamil Nadu at the inter-State point of Biligundulu until the end of July. This decision…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following copious rainfall in Kodagu, Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is receiving a heavy inflow of water, with the water level touching 100 TMC feet (ft) against the maximum level of 124.8 feet today. According to the reading of water level at KRS Dam obtained this morning at 8, the water level stood at…
Pandavapura: Following a High Court order allowing conduct of trial blast in stone mining areas of Bebi Betta in Pandavapura taluk, the Mandya District Administration has begun preparations for conducting trial blast in select areas of Bebi Betta stone mining range to find out if there is any danger or threat to nearby KRS dam…
Pandavapura: With the Mandya District Administration going ahead with the preparations for trial blast at Bebi Betta, several farmer organisations staged protests for and against the blast near KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk 1on Wednesday. Farmers under the banner of KRRS led by Badagalapura Nagendra staged a protest against the blast by blocking the road…
Sophisticated Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition technology to monitor inflow, outflow Srirangapatna: With rains lashing Kodagu district and other catchment areas, the inflow to KRS Dam at Srirangapatna Taluk of Mandya District has been increasing by the day in past few days. This morning, the Dam recorded an inflow of 18,644 cusecs. The water level…
Reasons: Monsoon failure, forest loss, land conversions in Kodagu Mysore/Mysuru: Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, the lifeline of the people of Mandya and Mysuru districts, which also caters to the drinking water needs of towns and cities in Cauvery basin and Bengaluru, has recorded the lowest inflow in 20 years during the monsoon year of…
Madikeri: In Kodagu district, an average rainfall of 32.24 mm was recorded in the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Tuesday. On the same day last year, the rainfall was 0.67 mm. The total rainfall from January to date is 230.48 mm, compared to 123.56 mm during the same period last year. Consequent…
Chennai: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday directed Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee’s (CWRC) recommendation to release 2.5 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for May. However, the authority has failed to guarantee the lower riparian State, Tamil Nadu, to receive its due share…
Srirangapatna: With substantial rainfall in Kodagu district over the past few days, the inflow into the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district has increased. As of today morning, the water level of the Dam has reached the 80-ft mark. The maximum capacity of the dam is 124.80 feet. In terms…
The ambitious Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project, initiated in June 2021, is currently underway intending to provide drinking water to Mysuru city and 92 surrounding villages. The project is likely to be completed in 2025. Upon completion, the entire project, being taken up in phases, will facilitate the supply of Cauvery water from the Krishna…
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