JOIN US Most reservoirs in the state continued to receive good inflow following incessant rain in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Malnad region.
The Almatti reservoir received a whopping 7 tmcft water on Friday alone. The reservoir ha a storage of 61.30 tmcft as on Friday. According to Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigama Ltd, about 34,000 cusecs of water was let out of the Lal Bahadur Shastri reservoir on Friday.
Krishna river has come alive following copious rain in its catchment in Maharashtra and Belagavi district. Following heavy showers for the past few days, six low-lying bridges, including Kallol-Yadur, Karadga-Bhoj, Sidnal-Akkol and Mallikwad-Dattawad in Chikkodi taluk have submerged with the rise in water level of the Krishna river. A portion of Shingalapur bridge on the outskirts of Gokak town is under water.
Inflow to Hippargi barrage was a staggering 1.34 lakh cusecs on Friday while Hidkal dam received 26,461 cusecs.
A total of 73 houses suffered partial damage in Belagavi district owing to heavy showers in the past one week.
The Tungabhadra reservoir near Hosapete received 3 tmcft, 2 tmcft on Friday alone, in three days following the release of water from Tunga dam in Shivamogga district. The inflow to TB dam was 17,499 cusecs on Friday while it was 15,464 on Thursday. The current storage level of the dam stands at 18.305 tmcft.
Karwar and other parts of Uttara Kannada district, including Bhatkal, Kumta, Ankola and Yellapur, received light to moderate rain.
However, the district has received 456 mm rain in past 24 hours (till 8 am on Friday). Supa dam in Joida taluk is just 24 metres short of reaching the full reservoir level (564 metres).
Shivamogga city and parts of the district received intermittent rain. Agumbe recorded a rainfall of 219.4 mm.
The water level in Hemavathi dam, Gorur, Hassan district, has increased by 4 feet owing to good spells of rain in Kodagu and its catchment areas. The Gorur dam received 19,032 cusecs on Friday.
The inflow to Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) damon Friday was 19,998 cusecs while it was 17,000 cusecs for Kabini. Parts of Hassan district received intermittent rain on Friday.
Almatti generates 3.9 mu power
The power generation at 290 MW capacity power station has begun after Almatti dam authorities released water on Friday. On Friday, 3.9 million units of power was generated, said KPCL officer S B Bislapur.