Karnataka - Shimoga   

Major dams in Malnad filling up

Special Correspondent

SHIMOGA: The water level of the Linganamakki Reservoir stood at 1,809.20 feet on August 1 against the maximum level of 1,819 feet. The level of the reservoir this day last year stood at 1,800 feet.

The reservoir received the inflow of 33,303 cusecs of water and the outflow of 836 cusecs in the last 24 hours. Its catchment area recorded the rainfall of 39 mm in the last 24 hours.

The water level at the Bhadra Reservoir stood at 178.11 feet against the maximum level of 186 feet for the corresponding period.

People living in the downstream of the Sharavathy have been alerted and asked to move to safety.

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