Following heavy inflow from Almatti dam in Bagalkot district, the Narayanpur reservoir, built across the Krishna in Surpur taluk, was just 0.6 m short of its full reservoir limit (FRL) on Monday evening.
Officials of Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigama Limited (KBJNL), who started releasing heavy amounts of water, sounded the alert advising the Krishna basin villagers not to venture into the river.
According to sources, the water-level in the reservoir at 4.30 p.m. on Monday was 491.670 m against the FRL of 492.25 m.
Meanwhile, there was heavy inflow into the reservoir from Almatti as water was flowing in at the rate of around 1.25 lakh cusecs.
“Water was released from the reservoir at the rate of 25,000 cusecs till 4.30 p.m. on Monday. It will be increased up to one lakh cusecs by night,” Tata Shivan, Executive Engineer of the reservoir, told The Hindu on the phone.
Mr. Shivan warned the Krishna basin villagers not to venture into the river until there was some respite from the flowing water.
Rain brings relief
Some parts in the district experienced a good spell of rain from Sunday morning to Monday morning. Farmers, who, owing to moisture shortage, were worried about the withering green gram crop, got some relief by the rain.
According to sources, Hattikuni village recorded the highest rainfall of 16 mm.
Yadgir recorded 3.2 mm rainfall followed by 4 mm in Narayanpur, 2.6 mm in Kodekal and one mm in Gurmitkal.
