The areas which are not receiving adequate water supply from the past
few days can heave a sigh of relief as the water levels at Shiva
Balancing Reservoir have stabilised and Bangalore Water Supply and
Sewerage Board (BWSSB) can now draw its full quota of water for
supplying to the city.

BWSSB Chief Engineer Narayana said, “The
Water Resources Department was releasing around 1,000 cusecs of water
from the past few days and the water levels at Shiva Balancing Reservoir
has stabilised. We need only 600 cusecs of water for the city per day
and have written to the department to release only that much of water.

“As
they have stopped releasing water for power generation, 600 cusecs
would be sufficient to meet the needs of the city per day”.

As
nearly 150 cusecs from the 600 cusecs of water released from Kabini and
Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoirs for the city by the department was
being diverted for power generation from Madavamantri, Satyagala and
Bhoruka barrages only 450 cusecs of water used to reach Shiva Balancing
Reservoir. Therefore, the BWSSB used to get only 450 cusecs of water
though 600 cusecs was being released for the city.

Hence, it had
written a letter earlier to the Chief Engineer of the Water Resources
Department to increase the release to ensure that the water levels are
maintained at the Shiva Balancing Reservoir, where the BWSSB draws water
for its pumping station at ekadanahalli.