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The Hindu
30-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Construct a memorial to mark historic occasion of KRS reaching the brim in June, says CM
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed the authorities to construct a memorial to mark the historic occasion of the Krishnaraja Sagar filling to the brim in the month of June. Addressing a gathering at Brindavan Gardens after offering bagina to the KRS, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the KRS, which was constructed in 1932, had never reached its full reservoir level of 124.8 ft in the month of June. 'History has been created this year. The reservoir has reached its brim in June itself,' he said, adding that the data of reservoir levels was available since 1940. The construction of the reservoir, has a storage capacity of 49 tmcft of water, began in 1911 and completed in 1932. Since then, it has reached its maximum level for 76 years, he said. He instructed MLA for Srirangapatna Ramesh Bandisidde Gowda and officials of the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) to take up work on the foundation stone for the construction of the memorial. The historic occasion should be marked because the KRS irrigates 1.85 lakh acres of land and serves drinking water to the people of Mysuru, Mandya, Bengaluru, and other places, he said. Recalling that the KRS did not reach the full reservoir level in 2023 when the Congress government came to power, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the Opposition 'superstitiously' began claiming that he, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and the Congress government had brought misfortune to the State. Pointing out that it was nature that controlled rainfall, Mr. Siddaramaiah described the Opposition leaders as 'foolish and superstitious'. Mr. Siddaramaiah issued directions to the Irrigation Consultative Committees of all the reservoirs in the State - KRS, Tungabhadra, Hemavathi, Kabini, Harangi, Upper Krishna Project, Narayanapura, etc. - to take a decision to release water to the canals. All the reservoirs in the State are full and hence, water should be released to irrigate the agricultural fields. The Chief Minister said the State government has allocated ₹3,000 crore to the CNNL for developmental works this year. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who holds the Water Resources portfolio, said more than ₹2,000 crore will be spent on irrigation in the Cauvery basin area, out of which ₹1,000 crore for Mandya district alone. A large number of canals and sub canals will be taken up for repairs and modernisation, he said. Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy said the custom of offering bagina at the KRS began during the tenure of former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs in 1979. After Urs, it was Mr. Siddaramaiah. Ramesh Bandisidde Gowda said the Chief Minister was in favour of holding the bagina at the earliest as the reservoir had reached its brim for the first time in its history. 'The programme was hastily organised in two to three days,' he said.
The Hindu
29-06-2025
- Climate
- The Hindu
Reservoir management ensures KRS fills up ahead of Kabini
The Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) across the river Cauvery has attained its maximum level of 124.8 feet ahead of the Kabini reservoir, which is relatively smaller in size with lesser storage capacity. However, sources said that this was more due to reservoir management as the outflow from Kabini in H.D. Kote was maintained at a higher level than the rate of inflow. While the gross storage capacity of the KRS is 49.45 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft), the storage capacity of the Kabini is 19.52 tmc ft. The storage in Kabini on Sunday, June 29, was 16.39 tmc ft, which is almost 84% of the installed capacity, with the rate of inflow being 20,469 cusecs and outflow being 30,000 cusecs at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The water level of Kabini was hovering around 2,280 feet against its full level of 2,284 feet as on June 18 according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC). While the rate of inflow into the reservoir was 21,579 cusecs, the outflow was maintained at around 9,875 cusecs. Incidentally, the storage in Kabini on June 18 was 17.44 tmc ft; had the water been impounded for two more days, the reservoir would have attained its full level of 2,284 ft, making its storage reach 19.52 tmc ft by June 21 or June 22, assuming a rate of inflow of around 20,000 cusecs. However, the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd (CNNL) authorities preferred to release the water from the dam, and the outflow has been maintained at a higher rate than the rate of inflow since the last few days. Sources in the CNNL said the water level at Kabini dam tends to be maintained at less than the optimum level, and a buffer of 2 to 3 feet is preferred for safety purpose. The catchment area of river Kapila is in the upstream region, encompassing Wayanad in Kerala. Flashfloods or surge in inflow could lead to sudden discharge from Kabini, which could inundate the low lying regions in the downstream of the dam and create havoc, according to officials. As the KRS was also filling up fast, the authorities thought it would be prudent to release the water from Kabini instead of impounding it. A staggered release was preferable to sudden discharge, the sources added. And with the south west monsoon still active with more rains expected in July and August, there will be more inflow into the dam in the days ahead, the officials said.
The Hindu
22-06-2025
- Climate
- The Hindu
Krishnaraja Sagar is just 5 ft shy of attaining the FRL
The Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) built across the Cauvery is just about 5 ft away from attaining its full reservoir level (FRL) of 124.80 ft. The reservoir level at 8 a.m. on Sunday was 119.40 ft and was expected to reach the 120-ft mark by Monday. The rate of inflow into the reservoir was 13,359 cusecs owing to moderate to heavy rains in the catchment area of the Cauvery in the upstream. For comparison, the reservoir level on the same day last year was 87.60 ft, according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC). Incidentally, the reservoir breached the 100-ft mark by the end of May, a rare occurrence which has happened only twice in the last 35 years, according to Irrigation Department officials. Though Kodagu and the catchment area of Hemavati in Chikkamagaluru got a breather with rains abating during this week, the monsoon is expected to gain vigour in the days ahead which will augment the rate of inflow into the reservoir. The live storage in the reservoir was 42.29 tmcft as against the gross storage capacity of 49.45 tmcft. The reservoir already holds 86 per cent of its gross storage capacity and the authorities are hoping for an early revival of the monsoon in which case KRS could reach the maximum level of 124.80 ft very soon. The reservoir reached its maximum level on July 24 in 2024. In the other major reservoirs in the Cauvery basin of the State, Hemavati has attained a level of 2,914.57 ft as against the full level of 2,922 ft. The storage in the reservoir was 30.32 tmcft as against the gross storage capacity of 37.10 ft. At Kabini, the water level was 2,277.2 ft as against the full reservoir level of 2,284 ft and the available storage was 15.76 tmc ft as against the gross capacity of 19.52 tmcft. Similarly, the water leel at Harangi was 2,850.81 ft as against the full level of 2,869 ft and the available quantum of water was 6.10 tmcft as against the gross storage capacity of 8.50 tmcft in the reservoir. The installed gross storage capacity of the four reservoirs is 114.57 tmcft as against which the cumulative storage as of Sunday was 94.47 tmcft, which is 81 per cent of the storage capacity, according to KSNDMC.
