Tourist entry into Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary banned Hundreds flock KRS Dam to see crest gate water release Srirangapatna: The historical Wellesley Bridge, built by the British across River Cauvery at Srirangapatna, is under the threat of submersion and collapse. The neglected and dilapidated bridge is withstanding the heavy pressure of water as more than 1…
Heavy discharge of water from upstream reservoirs like Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) and Kabini Reservoirs has resulted in the famed Gaganachukki and Bharachukki waterfalls in Mandya-Chamarajanagar border swell to their maximum amid the riot of green and the mesmerising misty veil. The two branches (eastern and western) flow through deep ravines on either side of…
Mysore/ Kushalnagar: The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has reached the 112 feet mark this morning and the Dam authorities have released 50,000 cusecs. Villagers living in downstream areas have been warned not to venture into the river as water will be in full force and sudden. A red alert has been issued. A team…
Traces 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….
Mysuru: 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…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said here on Saturday that the authorities have been directed to intensify cloud-seeding in KRS and Malnad regions where rainfall has been deficient. Regretting that rainfall did not happened as expected, Yediyurappa said that as KRS and Malnad regions have not received enough rains, he has instructed officials to start…
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…
Mandya 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…
Provides sensor-based online real-time data on storage level to officials in New Delhi Madikeri/Mysuru: Telemetric Water Gauge has been installed at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya district and also at Harangi Dam in Kodagu for sensor-based real-time data on the storage level, inflow and outflow of the reservoirs. The installation comes weeks after…
Mysuru: Condemning the State Government’s action of releasing water to Tamil Nadu from KRS and Kabini dams, more than 50 farmers under the banner of Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers Association staged a protest in front of CADA office on Sayyaji Rao road here yesterday morning. Accusing the Government of failing to protect the interests of…
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