According to sources the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has directed Karnataka to release water to Tamilnadu for five more days. A meeting of the CWRC took place in Bengaluru on Thursday, headed by Chairman Navin Kumar. Meanwhile the decision comes even as the Krishnarajasagar and Kabini dams in the state have seen below average inflows.

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Furthermore as of August 1, the storage level of the Krishnarajasagar dam was 8.51 tmc ft, 33.91 tmc ft below last year's level (42.42 tmc ft) for the corresponding period and the levels at the Kabini stood at 9.60 tmc ft while it was 15.13 tmc ft during the same time last year. Further the CWRC said in a press note, “The committee discussed about the (water) releases to be made from Krishnarajasagar and Kabini dams of Karnataka for ensuring flows at Biligundulu that the State of Karnataka would continue to release water from its reservoirs viz., Krishnarajasagar and Kabini for the next five days in proportion to the inflows into the reservoir of Karnataka.”



Moreover Mandya MP Sumalatha ambareesh said that Karnataka too was drought-hit. She said “I would like to place a few facts. The full reservoir level of krishna raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is 124.8 feet. But this year due to insufficient rainfall the water level is between 85 to 86 feet. The level in the same month of 2018 was 124 feet. So, there is no disputing the fact that my State, at present, is drought-hit and there is no drinking water in more than150 talukas at present. So, the question arises as to how and from where the water should be released”.


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