Mysore/Mysuru: There is only 6.5 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Srirangapatna Taluk of Mandya District and Kabini Dam in H.D. Kote Taluk of Mysuru District. Both these reservoirs take care of the drinking water needs of the residents of Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru.
The low storage levels and lack of rains due to a delayed onset of South West Monsoon is causing concern among the people who are staring at a potential drinking water scarcity. The photographs of KRS Dam taken a couple of days back paint a grim picture with depleted water level. While KRS Dam has a present water level of 3.5 tmcft, the level at Kabini stands at 3 tmcft.
