Krishna Water Levels Drop Amid Reduced Releases from Maharashtra

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• Water levels in the Krishna and its tributaries have reduced due to lower water discharge from Maharashtra on Thursday.

– Discharge at Kallol barrage: 1,21,281 cusecs (5,125 cusecs less than Wednesday).
– Hipparagi barrage inflow/outflow: 1,26,500 cusecs with no compounding of water.

• Reservoir updates:

– Lal Bahadur Shastri Reservoir (Krishna River): Inflow of 1,57,170 cusecs; outflow of 1,40,550 cusecs; storage at 98.436 tmcft (79.97% capacity).
– Basava Sagar Dam (Narayanpur): Inflow of 1.35 lakh cusecs; outflow of 1.08 lakh cusecs; storage at 29.278 tmcft (87.89% capacity).
– Renuka Sagar Dam (Malaprabha River): inflow: 6,844 cusecs; outflow: 4,394 cusecs; near full storage level at ~28.3 tmcft (~75% capacity).
Raja Lakhamagouda Reservoir on Ghataprabha inflower estatiocly