Mysuru: The South West Monsoons entered Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the director of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Dr G S Srinivas Reddy. Although the monsoon was expected to arrive in the state between June 1 and 5, it has arrived earlier, he explained.
Except for Raichur district, the state overall received 53 per cent more than its usual share of pre- monsoon showers this year and going by the Indian Meteorological Department the South West Monsoons will be normal this year.
Even better, with good rains in the Wyanad and Cauvery catchment area, the inflow into the Krishna Raja Sagar, Kabini, Hemavathi and Harangi reservoirs has increased, say officers of the water resources department.
The water level at Kabini on Wednesday was 2257.25 feet as against its capacity to hold 2284 feet of water. The water level in KRS was 74.40 feet on Wednesday. The water level on the same day last year was 68.22 feet in the dam.
At Harangi, the water level was 2778.82 feet as against its capacity to hold 2859 feet of water . Last year on the same day it stood at 2806.86 feet.
At Hemavathi, the water level was 2864 feet as against its capacity to store 2922 feet. Last year on the same day the water level was 2852.75 feet.
The KRS has live storage of 4.13 TMC as against its capacity to store 45.05 TMC, Kabini has 2.50 TMC as against its capacity of 15.67 TMC, Hemavathi has 3.47 TMC as against its capacity of 35.76 TMC, and Harangi has 0.02 TMC as against its capacity of 8.07 TMC.
Mangaluru limps back to normal after deluge
A day after rain claimed two lives and brought the city to a standstill, Mangaluru returned to normalcy on Wednesday with the authorities stepping up relief work in the affected localities. Dakshina Kannada district suffered damage to the tune of Rs 20.74 crore in Tuesday's rain with Mangaluru taluk alone accounting for Rs 16.22 crore. As many as 560 houses and 92.29 kms of road were damaged and 1,381 electric poles uprooted in the rain in Dakshina Kannada.
In Udupi the body of nine year old Nidhi, who was washed away in the floods, was found after a long search Wednesday morning. The average rain in Udupi district was 112.8 mm, with Udupi taluk receiving the highest of 166.8 mm.
Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil who led a team with city police chief, Vipul Kumar to inspect the ongoing operation to bring Mangaluru back on keel, ordered the Mangaluru City Corporation officials to make sure the storm water drains were clear and free of encroachments to allow the rain water to drain away. He also presented a cheque of Rs 5 lakh each to the family members of the rain victims, Mohini and Muttha Bai, who died in Tuesday's rain.
