The water level in KRS was 108.92 ft with a maximum level of 124.80 ft to 14 June, while on the same day last year it was 86.20 feet. | Photo Credit: File Photos
The initial onset of the monsoon in the last week of May provided healthy levels of the tank in southern cards, although the region witnessed a rain pause in June.
Four main tanks in the Kausery basin have a cumulative storage of 67% of the installed capacity.
Kishnaraja Sagar (KRS), Hemavati, Cabini and Harangi have a rough capacity of 114.57 TMCft, against which the cumulative storage in these tanks was 76.86 TMCFT.
This is, unlike the storage on the same day of last year, which was 36.07 TMCFT, according to the State Monitoring Center of the natural disaster Karnataka (KSNDMC).
The tank level on KRS was 108.92 ft with a maximum level of 124.80 ft to 14 June, while on the same day last year it was 86.20 feet.
The difference of almost 22 feet is due to a heavy tributary to KRS, thanks to the first onset of the monsoon in May across Kodag, Chikkamagalur, Hassan, Mysur and the surrounding regions.
100 feet of mark
The initial magic of rains in the Kausery basin in Kodag was ensured by a continuous influx to KRS, which violated the brand of 100 feet as early as 30 May this year.
In the normal year, the dam reaches 100 feet in July and, according to KSNDMC records, reached the 5th July tank in 2024 and 25 July in 2023.
According to the last 35 years of records led by Cauvera Neeravari Nigam Ltd, KRS achieved 100-FT in May in 2022 thanks to healthy storage from the previous monsoon.
The Hemavathi tank level was 2 907.42 ft against a maximum level of 2,922 ft and the rough storage was 24.78 TMCFT compared to a rough capacity of 37.10 TMCFT.
In Harangi near Kushalnagar, the tank level was 2,851.95 ft with the maximum level and storage was 6.35 TMCFT compared to a rough capacity of 8.50 TMCFT.
In the cabini, the tank level was 2 276.84 ft with a full level of 2,284 ft and the rough storage was 15.08 TMCFT compared to a rough capacity of 19.52 TMCft.
Slow in June
Although the region received abundant rains in May, Monsoon was weak in June. For example, Kodag received 98 mm rains between 1 and 14 and 14. June, 41% below normal. Chikkamagalur received 73 mm in the same period and is 28% below normal, while Hassan registered 37 mm precipitation, which is 39% below normal.
Mysuru, which received heavy to very heavy rains during May, received 24 mm rains between 1 and 14 June, 43% below normal. As a result, the level of influx into the tanks also dropped and on Saturday it was 2,270 CUSEC.
However, in the coming days in Kodag and the surrounding regions, which are expected to extend to the tanks, there are traces of monsoon.
Published – 14 June 2025 20:59
