Though it has been raining heavily in the catchment areas resulting in huge inflows to the three major hydel reservoirs of Karnataka, their total storage is lesser by around 9% when compared with the corresponding period in previous year.
The total storage in the three major hydel reservoirs of Linganamakki, Mani and Supa was 67.80% of the full capacity at 8 am on August 11, as against 76.85% during the corresponding period in the previous year.