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Cauvery water released to Tamil Nadu

01:36 PM Jul 20, 2019 | Team Udayavani |

Mandya: The state on Friday, July 19 evening started discharging Cauvery waters from KRS reservoir to Tamil Nadu.

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In spite of very poor storage in the reservoir, the State is discharging the water to Tamil Nadu following Supreme Court’s verdict that Karnataka has to discharge 34 tmcft of water to the neighbouring State in July.

Speaking to The Hindu Sources at the Irrigation Department told, “The outflow quantum to the river was measured at the rate of 355 cusecs at 6 a.m. on Friday. But, it was increased to 2,453 cusecs at 6 p.m.”

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