Bengaluru: After three consecutive years of drought, the Cauvery Basin will witness one more year of distress. Weak monsoon so far has resulted in poor inflow into the four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin — Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, Kabini, Harangi and Hemavathi reservoirs. Added to the woes is the continuous release of water from the KRS Dam to Tamil Nadu.
As per the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) data, the total storage stood at 26 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) this year as against 57.89 tmcft in 2016. According to the Cauvery Tribunal award, Karnataka has to release 44 tmcft of water for the period June 1 to July 31. But Karnataka could so far release just 2.2 tmcft.
