Kudige, Oct. 23: The Harangi dam, the main dam of the district, has filled up and for the first time in the history of the dam, it has accumulated a record amount of water in the month of October. Water is being released into the river at a rate of 5,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) from the dam through the main crest gate.
In the wake of heavy rainfall in the Harangi basin for the past one week, the additional water is being released into the river in the interest of the dam's security, said Harangi Irrigation Department Executive Engineer I.K. Puttaswamy.
So far, a record 44 TMC of water has flowed into the dam this year. In the history of the last 25 years, this much water had not flowed till the beginning of the year in October. Against this backdrop, 37 TMC has been released into the river and 5 TMC has been released into the canal. The remaining water has evaporated.
The inflow into the dam has been increasing day by day for the last 5 months. In the interest of the safety of the dam and the balance of the dam and as per the instructions of the State Cauvery Irrigation Corporation, water was released into the river after the officials of the Harangi Irrigation Department checked the water level daily.
The maximum water level as of 23rd December was 2,857.26 feet, and the dam has a storage capacity of 7.16 TMC.
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