The authorities have stepped down the outflow from the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) during the last 24 hours. The outflow from the reservoir across the river Cauvery used to be around 7,000 cusecs ever since the Cauvery Water Management Authority issued directives to release water at the rate of 5,000 cusecs per day to Tamil Nadu till September 12. It was stepped down to 3,980 cusecs on Friday, September 8, and further reduced to 3,302 cusecs on Saturday morning (September 9). However, this includes release at the rate of 1,257 cusecs to Visvesvaraya Canal as well.
The discharge from the KRS dam into the river was about 1,687 cusecs on Saturday while the outflow from the Kabini river was at the rate of 1,100 cusecs. The cumulative discharge from Kabini and KRS was around 2,787 cusecs.
‘’Coupled with rains in the downstream of the dams, adequate water would flow to Tamil Nadu in compliance with CWMA,’’ according to the authorities.
