Heavy rain continues to lash Belagavi district; 98,995 cusecs water was released from Kallol Barrage
For the past 6-7 days, the district has experienced continuous rainfall in the catchment areas of the Krishna, Vedganga, Doodganga, Malaprabha, Ghataprabha, Markandeya, and Hiranyakeshi rivers. Due to river swelling, more than five barrages and thousands of hectares of crops have been submerged. The district administration has advised people on the riverbanks to relocate to safer areas.
The Irrigation Department officials said that the total release of water from Maharashtra was just 2,335 cusecs. However, the discharge at Kallol Barrage was 98,995 cusecs. This is due to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas.
The Alamatti Reservoir, officials increased the outflow to one lakh cusecs, (nearly one tmcft) by Tuesday afternoon.
Inflow went up to 1,04,852 cusecs and outflow was raised to one lakh cusecs on Tuesday from 75,000 cusecs on Monday. The storage level was 87.992 tmcft as against the maximum of 123.01 tmcft.
Inflow at the Raja Lakhamagouda Reservoir on the Ghataprabha stood at 22,800 cusecs. Inflow at the Dhupadal Weir was 9,500 cusecs.
Due to heavy rain in Khanapur and Belagavi taluks, water level in the Malaprabha increased. This led to an increase in the inflow at the Renuka Sagar Reservoir. Inflow was 10,773 cusecs. But outflow remained at 194 cusecs as the total water in the dam stood at less than half the capacity. There is 12 tmcft of water as against a gross capacity of 37.3 tmcft in the reservoir.
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