KRS dam is full following heavy rains in October
The Hindu
This is for the first time since 2010 that the dam has reached its full reservoir level (FRL) as late as the last week of October
The water level at Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam across the river Cauvery in Karnataka reached the maximum height of 124.80 feet on October 29.
Inflow into the reservoir was at the rate of 8,767 cusecs (cubic feet per second) and the outflow was pegged at 3,615 cusecs. The storage in the reservoir is 49.452 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft), which is the maximum gross storage capacity.
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