Krishna Water Levels Dip, Almatti Outflow Slows

Speedy Summary:

• Water levels in the Krishna River and its tributaries decreased following reduced rainfall and minimal water discharge from Maharashtra.
• Several bridge-cum-barrages in Belagavi and bagalkot districts that were submerged earlier are now open for traffic.
• Discharge at Kallol inter-State gauge was 2,02,072 cusecs on Sunday, a reduction of 19,668 cusecs compared to Saturday.
• Almatti reservoir had an inflow of 2.71 lakh cusecs and outflow of 1.75 lakh cusecs; it currently holds 106.3 tmcft water (86.3% full capacity).
• Hippargi barrage recorded an inflow of 2.43 lakh cusecs with nearly equal outflow at 2.42 lakh cusecs during the monsoon period when storage is avoided due to river free-flow conditions as per officials’ guidance.
• Renuka Sagar dam on Malaprabha River contains nearly full storage capacity at 50 tmcft against its full capacity of 51 tmcft with both inflow (9,196) & OutFlow app coaching Delta fluctuations

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