Monsoon progress: Storage in major reservoirs up this year in Karnataka
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Almost 4 weeks after the onset of the southwest monsoon, the cumulative storage throughout 13 major reservoirs in the State is greater than the storage throughout the identical interval final year.
Against the cumulative gross storage capability of 860.27 tmcft, the precise storage was 403.01 tmcft as of Sunday. The cumulative storage throughout the identical interval final year was 248.36 tmcft, in response to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).
Though the monsoon has been weak in the previous week, it was pretty vigorous throughout the previous three weeks, which helped to reinforce the influx into dams.
Linganamakki, Supa, and Varahi reservoirs have a cumulative storage capability of 328.18 tmcft, in opposition to which the precise storage was 129.21 tmcft on Sunday. This quantities to 39% of the mixed storage, which is principally used for producing hydel energy. The mixed storage in the three reservoirs throughout the identical interval final year as 64.53 tmcft.
The major reservoirs in the Cauvery basin embrace the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), Hemavathi, Kabini, and Harangi, and in opposition to the cumulative storage capability of 114.57 tmcft, the precise storage was 58.44 tmcft on Sunday; it was 42.85 tmcft on the identical day final year.
In the Krishna basin, the principle reservoirs embrace the Bhadra, Tungabhadra, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Alamatti, and Narayanapura. The cumulative gross storage capability in these reservoirs is 417.52 tmcft, in opposition to which the precise storage on Sunday was 218.96 tmcft. It was 140.98 tmcft on the identical day final year.
A month to go
Though the rains have abated in the previous week, the southwest monsoon lasts until the third week of August earlier than its gradual withdrawal, and therefore there’s an satisfactory window for the storage in the reservoirs to enhance.
While the cumulative rainfall throughout the State for the previous one week was 50% beneath regular, the cumulative rainfall from June 1 to 26 indicated an 8% surplus and was therefore categorised underneath “normal” as per the norms of the IMD. Against the conventional rainfall of 167 mm, the State acquired 180 mm of rain from June 1 to 26, as per the KSNDMC.
While rainfall in 19 districts in the State fell underneath regular (+19% to -19%) class, it was categorised as extra (20% to 59% above regular) in seven districts, giant extra (60% above regular) in two districts, and deficit (-20% to -59%) in three districts (Mysuru, Mandya, and Dakshina Kannada).
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