The Karnataka Irrigation Department on Wednesday increased discharge of water from the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) to Tamil Nadu to clear the July quota, as per the Cauvery CWDT order.
Tribunal award
According to the final award of the CWDT, the State must release 34 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu in July. This was why the quantum of outflow was increased at the rate of 10,500 cubic feet per second , a senior official at CNNLsaid.
The inflow into the reservoir was at the rate of 19,575 cusecs at 6 a.m., the officer said.
Meanwhile, the reservoir level stood at 94.6 ft
The reservoir had 108.83 ft of water in the corresponding day last year. The full reservoir level is 124.8 ft. The dead storage level is 74 ft.
Protests on highway
After the discharge of water to Tamil Nadu, members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha staged a protest on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway at 6.30 p.m.
They raised slogans against the State government and urged the Irrigation Department authorities to “immediately stop” the release of water to the neighbouring State.
.The reservoir, built across the Cauvery near Srirangapatna, supplies water to Bengaluru, parts of Bengaluru Rural, Mysuru, Mandya and Ramanagaram districts in the State.
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