The accumulated storage in the four main reservoirs of the Cauvery Basin is greater than the storage during the corresponding period of last year, thanks to the copious rains during the monzón of the southwest and northeast in 2024.
The gross storage capacity of the four dams (Krishnaraja Sagar (Krs), Kabini, Harangi and Hemavati) is 114.57 billion cubic feet (TMCFT), compared to which the accumulated storage was 87,80 (TMCFT ) as of January 24, 2025. This is equivalent to a storage of 77% of the installed capacity, according to the Natural Disaster Monitoring Center of the state of Karnataka (KSNDMC).
The accumulated storage on the same day of last year was 48.43 TMC FT, which revived the spectrum of drought and the shortage of drinking water during the summer of 2024.
Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) has a gross storage capacity of 49.45 TMC FT and this year created a kind of history with the reservoir remaining full for almost six months. The water level in the reservoir was around 124,80 feet, which is also its maximum level of the reservoir (FRL) until the beginning of January 2025.
The level of the Krs reservoir on January 24, period of 121.40 feet in front of the FRL of 124,80 feet, and the level of the reservoir of the same day last year of 92.08 feet. The gross KRS storage capacity is 49.45 TMC FT and the storage available as of January 24, 2025 was 44.84 TMC FT, while the same day last year was 17.21 TMC FT. year.
The exhaustion requires that, since January 10, 2025, water has been released in the channels to facilitate farmers the irrigation of the crops standing and to ensure that the fields in the Ultimate region of the command area also Receive water. According to Krs’s irrigation advisory committee, water is releasing rotating in four cycles.
There will be download in the channels for 18 days until January 28, after which there will be no release for 12 days, and there will be four cycles of “ignition for 18 days” and “off for 12 days.” This is expected to significantly reduce reservoir levels, but the debatable thing is that there is adequate water for both irrigation purposes and to meet drinking water needs until next summer.
The Kabini has a gross storage capacity of 19.52 TMC FT, compared to which the amount of water available as of January 24, 2025 period of 16.98 TMC FT. The Hemavathi reservoir has a gross storage capacity of 37.10 TMC FT and the 22.17 TMC FT period storage position. As of January 24, 2025.
In comparison, the dam had 14.96 TMC FT the same day last year. Harangi, which is a relatively small prey, has a maximum water storage capacity of 8.50 TMC FT and the water available Period of 3.79 TMC FT as of January 24, according to KSNDMC.
Published – January 25, 2025 06:22 PM IST
