New Delhi, Heavy rain in the past couple of days in Cauvery basin in Karnataka could ease the rising tension over sharing the Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu. On Monday, 4000 cusecs water flowed at Biligundlu on the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Border. This water flow is bound to increase due to the heavy rains in the catchment areas, downstream of KRS dam.
Earlier this year, tension between the states was high as Karnataka refused to follow an order by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) to ensure 8.85 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu between October 16 and 31.Thanks to the rainfall in Mysore, taluks of Chamarajnagar districts, Malavalli and Mandya received 74 mm and 56.5 mm of rainfall respectively while Pandavapura and Srirangapatna, both in the immediate downstream of KRS dam, registered 62.5 mm and 45.5 mm.
This rainwater not only seems to have abated the Cauvery crisis for the time being but has also proved to be beneficial for the KRS dam. On Monday, due to a rise in the flow, water started logging into the KRS dam and jumped to 8153 cusecs, resulting in a water level rise from 104.85 ft to 105.53 ft.
