Heavy rains in different parts of the State, following revival of southwest monsoon, has increased the inflow to several reservoirs in both the Cauvery and the Krishna basins.
Major dams in the Cauvery basin are fast nearing the full reservoir level (FRL) having attained 89% of their cumulative gross storage capacity.
With prediction of high rainfall for the next 4-5 days, yellow alert has been sounded in most of northern Karnataka. As per IMD forecast, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over seven districts namely Belagavi, Bidar, Dharwad, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, and Vijayapura.
