The 71-year-old Tungabhadra Dam in Hospet, Karnataka, is a dam in distress. Less than 24 hours after the BJP-JDS ‘padayatra’ demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ended, the ...

On Saturday night, 40,000 cusecs of water was being released into the Tungabhadra river through 10 crest gates. The highest recorded release was 3.6 lakh cusecs back in December 1992.

Out of the total height of 1,633 feet of the Tungabhadra dam, 1,625 feet of water is currently stored. An inflow of 30,000 cusecs and an outflow of 6,000 cusecs have been recorded so far.