The Irrigation Department and KRS Modernisation and Medium Irrigation Project Circle at Mandya have refuted reports that Karnataka was releasing water from KRS to Tamil Nadu even as Bengaluru was reeling under a severe water crisis.
The authorities said in a release that 4,780 cusecs was discharged from KRS on Saturday to replenish the Shiva Balancing Reservoir at Malavalli from where water is pumped to Bengaluru.
The water level at the Shiva Balancing Reservoir had depleted by 36 inches and was affecting supply to Bengaluru following which the BWSSB officials visited the KRS and pleaded for releasing additional water from the dam, said the authorities.
