The cumulative storage in the four major reservoirs in the Cauvery basin in the State was at nearly 30% of their installed capacity as on Monday raising concerns over the fallout in case of further delay in the onset of monsoon.
The Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), Hemavathi, Kabini, and Harangi can together store 114.57 tmcft of water as against which the available quantum as on June 12 was 33.81 tmcft. The cumulative storage on the same day last year was 64.51 tmcft, according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).
The water level at the KRS was 83.04 ft on June 12 as against the full reservoir level of 124.80 ft, whereas it was 105.49 ft on the same day last year. The storage in the KRS was 25% of its actual capacity and the available quantum was 12.18 tmcft as against the gross storage capacity of 49.45 tmcft. The storage on the same day last year was 27.33 tmcft.
