Torrential rains in the Western Ghats in Karnataka and in the catchment areas of the Tungabhadra have pushed up the storage levels in the Tungabhadra dam.
As of 6 p.m. on July 10 (Sunday), the inflows to the dam was 88,270 cusecs. The water storage at the dam stood at 80.55 tmc ft against the capacity of 105.788 tmc ft. The water level reached 1,626.22 feet against the maximum of 1,633 ft. The water level on this day the previous year was 1,610 ft. while the storage was 35.79 tmc ft.
The inflows had come down from 95,000 cusecs on Saturday, but were steady at 88,270 cusecs.
