The Cauvery water released from Kabini reached Adippalaru today (August 4).
The surplus water released from Kabini in Karnataka has begun reaching the Mettur dam. Due to the heavy rains in Kerala, the inflow into Kabini in Karnataka has been steadily increasing. Since Kabini is full, as a precautionary measure for the safety of the dam, surplus water from Kabini has been released into the Cauvery since August 1. The inflow of surplus water caused flooding in the Cauvery. After three days, this afternoon the surplus water from Kabini reached Adippalaru, the confluence point where the Cauvery and Palaru meet, in a foamy rush.
Water Resources Department officials have said that it will reach the Mettur dam by tonight. Since surplus water continues to be released from Kabini, there is a possibility that inflow may increase further. At that time, there is a risk that boats and nets may be damaged by the floodwaters. As a result, fishermen who have been camping along the Cauvery banks in the Mettur reservoir and fishing there took their boats and nets, which they had kept overturned on the Cauvery bank, to a safe place.
In this situation, due to the rainfall in the catchment areas of the Cauvery in Karnataka state, the water level of the Krishnarajasagar dam, which has a height of 124.80 feet, has risen to 103.40 feet. Since the inflow to the dam is 31,122 cubic feet per second, the Krishnarajasagar dam will soon fill up and surplus water will be released into the Cauvery. The water level of Kabini is 65 feet.
Today, the dam’s water level is 63.71 feet, the inflow is 27,988 cusecs, and the water storage is 18.68 TMC. Since it has been raining continuously in Kerala, all surplus water will be released into the Cauvery, and this surplus water will continue to reach the Mettur dam. As a result, Water Resources Department officials have expressed confidence that water may be released from the Mettur dam for Cauvery delta irrigation in the last week of August or the first week of September.
