Entry to tourists only after 5 pm Mandya / Srirangapatna: With the indefinite stir launched by the farmers at Mandya seeking immediate release of water to KRS and Hemavathi Canals entering the eighth day and the deadline set to the Government for releasing water also having ended today at 11 am, hundreds of farmers thronged…
Cauvery Water Authority meets: TN demands 31.24 TMC ft. of water
June 25, 2019New Delhi: The crucial Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting was held here this morning amid a weak monsoon aggravating the storage situation in the reservoirs in Cauvery River basin. As soon as the meeting began, Tamil Nadu told the Authority that Karnataka had failed to release the June quota of 9.19 TMC ft. of…
Project to fill 13 Lakes with KRS backwaters
June 8, 2019Mysore: Lakes in and around Mysuru have neared historic lows and some have gone dry this summer as searing heat and parched ground have sucked up massive amounts of water. Considering the fast depletion of water in lakes, a life source for both humans and animals, the State Government has drawn up a massive pilot…
Works on to beautify Brindavan Gardens
June 6, 2019Mysuru: The State Government that had announced grandiose plans to convert Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir into a Disneyland-type amusement park has sanctioned money to develop a stretch of the garden near the Cauvery Statue. Horticulture Dept. is developing the Garden in front of the Royal Orchid Hotel near the Cauvery Statue…
Cauvery Authority Team on Study Tour at KRS
June 4, 2019Three-week inspection to study online monitoring system of Reservoirs through telemetry; Nothing to do with water-sharing issue Mysore: A team of experts from an Internal Committee of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) began a three-week long inspection of Cauvery Basin Reservoirs by visiting the KRS Dam in Srirangapatna Taluk of Mandya District this morning. The…
CWRC team to visit KRS tomorrow
June 3, 2019Mysore: As per the directions of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), a team of Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC) will visit KRS dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district tomorrow and the day after (June 4 & 5). The team will receive inputs on telemetry-based real time data acquisition and transmission for online monitoring…
Protests erupt in city against Cauvery Authority order
May 29, 2019Mysore: A day after the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) asked Karnataka to release 9.19 tmc ft (Thousand Million Cubic feet) of water to Tamil Nadu for the month of June, protests erupted in the city, with several organisations staging demonstrations today. Over 50 members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene staged…
‘Release 9.19 TMCft of water to TN’
May 29, 2019Cauvery Water Authority to Karnataka New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), on Tuesday, directed Karnataka to release 9.19 TMCft of water to Tamil Nadu in June. The Authority, which met on Tuesday for the first time after its establishment in New Delhi, passed the order after taking into account the monsoon forecast and…
Release 9 TMC water to TN Cauvery Authority tells Karnataka
May 28, 2019New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), which met here this morning, directed Karnataka Government to release 9.19 TMC of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as June quota. The meeting, chaired by Central Water Commission Chairman H. Masood Hussain, deliberated on issues related to release of water from the upper Riparian States to the…
Brindavan Gardens entry fee to be doubled
May 26, 2019• Officials send proposal to Government to increase entry fee and parking fee • Notification on fee hike will be issued soon, say officials Mysuru: Get ready to pay more to visit the iconic Brindavan Gardens at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam as the authorities have decided to increase the entry fee. At present,…
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