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.