Bleak scenario: Karnataka’s hydel storage second-lowest in last 10 years
Karnataka faces a critical power crisis as hydel storage hits a decade low at just 14.9% amid a deficit monsoon.
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The deficit monsoon has already cast its shadow over Karnataka’s power sector, with the State’s present hydel storage being the second-lowest in the last 10 years.The cumulative storage in all the three major hydel reservoirs of the State — Linganamakki, Supa, and Mani — accounted for a mere 14.9% of the full capacity at 8 a.m. on Friday (July 3), as against 44.05% of storage during the corresponding period last year. Storage precarious across Karnataka reservoirs; hopes pinned on rains in July, August The only other time in the last 10 years when hydel storage was lesser than this level was in 2023, when the State was gripped by a serious drought.
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