Bengaluru: Apart from the overall rainy season deficiency this year, the state reservoir has enough water to meet household requirements, agricultural and industrial agriculture for the next one year.
According to the Karnataka state disaster management authority (KSDMA), the level of water storage in the main 13 reservoir is 780 TMCFT (thousands of millions of cubic feet).
Last year, it was slightly higher at 807 TMCFT.
“If someone takes the average storage rate of the last 10 years – 860 TMCFT – then this year’s figure is lower.
However, this is enough,” said an official in the Department of Water Resources.
Other officials share similar observations.
Minister of Water Resources Govind Karjol is sure there will be no problems.
“Monsun years have satisfied the level of storage in the dam.
There is adequate water to serve drinking water needs, and there will be no problems fulfill the water requirements of the agricultural and industrial sectors,” he said.
He added that the majority of the body of the water, including the lake, filled with rainwater, which also helps refill groundwater.
Weak rain in the last week of August and the first week of September, but they took the next, adding to the flow into a dam.
“Even though the rainy season has ended officially, there is an estimate of rainfall in the coming weeks, so there is still a window for storage in the reservoir to improve,” said Manoj Rajar, Commissioner, the Karnataka state disaster monitoring center (KSNDMC).
Bengaluru and Mysuru, who rely on Cauvery for drinking water, can breathe easily.
The main reservoir in Cauvery Basin, including Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), Hemavathi, Kabini, and Harai, were near.
In Krishna Basin, the main reservoir such as Bhadra, Tungabhadra, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, addressi and Narayanapura also have a good level.
The Almatti Dam, the largest in the state, has a water level of 517 meters with a full reservoir (FRL) level of 519 meters.
It gets water from Koyna Dam and several others in Maharashtra.
Likewise, the Ghataprabha reservoir district of Belagavi, who has a major role in worsening the situation of flood last year after the operator waited was almost full, having a 650 meter water level at this time against FRL 662 meters.
The Malaprabha Dam, also in the Bethobavi, which is one of the worst last year, has storage of up to 628 meters compared to FRL 633 meters.
Linganamakki reservoir, SUPA, and Varahah (Hydel) also have a better storage rate than last year’s cumulative storage capacity.
Revenue Department officials said KSNDMC did well in minimizing damage from flash floods in North Karnataka this year.
Serve errors in the release of water from various dams is one of the main factors that contribute to the 2019 flood.