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Monsoon Rain Drives Maharashtra to Boost Krishna River Releases

Continued downpours in Maharashtra have raised inflows across key reservoirs, leading to a sharp uptick in inter-state discharge without altering Koyna dam’s steady 5,500 cusec release.

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Overview

  • Total discharge from Maharashtra reservoirs at the inter-state border reached 71,413 cusecs on Wednesday, up 15,126 cusecs from Tuesday.
  • Koyna dam maintained its first monsoon release of 5,500 cusecs for the second consecutive day.
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri reservoir at Almatti registered an outflow of 42,500 cusecs against 40,737 cusecs of inflow and holds 97.995 tmcft (79.61% capacity).
  • Narayanpur dam recorded 30,000 cusecs inflow and 29,982 cusecs outflow, with storage rising to 30.8 tmcft (92.69% capacity).
  • Hipparagi barrage continued free-flow operations with an average inflow of 56,397 cusecs and no impoundment of water.