Madikeri: In Kodagu district, an average rainfall of 32.24 mm was recorded in the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Tuesday. On the same day last year, the rainfall was 0.67 mm. The total rainfall from January to date is 230.48 mm, compared to 123.56 mm during the same period last year.
Consequent to the copious rain, the water level at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam is increasing slowly. The maximum level of the Dam is 124.80 ft. and today it recorded 81.20 ft. In thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) parameters, the maximum capacity is 49.452 tmcft and today’s capacity was recorded at 11.325 tmcft. Of this, the live capacity is 2.946 tmcft. An inflow of 1,456 cusecs and there is an outflow of 274 cusecs including water supply.
