Far from the media glare and during the heat and dust of the Assembly elections, the project to replace 136 gates of the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) across the Cauvery and taken up in a phase-wise manner, was completed in what is a significant milestone in the history of the 91-year-old dam.
The work on replacing the final set of 25 sluice gates was completed during April, thus bringing to close an important phase of the project taken up under the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) at a cost of ₹58.46 crore.
