Water-level continues to rise in KRS

Areas on the upstream of KRS is getting good rain

July 20, 2013 02:08 am | Updated November 16, 2021 10:29 pm IST - Mandya

Water-level in the KRS reached 115 ft on Friday following copious rain in the catchment areas of the Cauvery.

Water-level in the KRS reached 115 ft on Friday following copious rain in the catchment areas of the Cauvery.

With incessant rain in the catchment areas of the Cauvery in Kodagu, water-level in the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) rose to 115 ft. on Friday evening.

The full-reservoir level is 124.8 ft.

Water-level had been steadily rising also because of the rain in areas on the upstream of reservoir in Mandya, an officer at Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. told The Hindu on Friday.

Inflow into the reservoir was at 19,330 cubic feet per second (cusecs) and outflow was at 3,803 cusecs at 6.30 p.m. on Friday, an officer at the Engineering Regulation Section (Gauging), Irrigation Department, said.

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