Water levels at Karnataka's 13 major dams are below 19% of total capacity, with thousand million cubic feet of live storage out of a potential 825 billion, according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre. Successive droughts have reduced inflows to zero and although there is enough water for consumption, hydropower generation in the coming weeks would be a "tough ask", it said.
Water levels at Karnataka's 13 major dams are below 19% of total capacity, with 155 billion cubic feet of live storage out of a potential 825 billion, according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre. Successive droughts have reduced inflows to zero and although there is enough water for consumption, hydropower generation in the coming weeks would be a "tough ask", it said.