After 11 years, Cauvery witnesses record flow during NE monsoon

Realisation, as measured at Biligundlu, is 118.62 tmc ft since Oct. 1

After a gap of 11 years, bountiful flow is being witnessed in the Cauvery river in a sustained manner during the Northeast monsoon (October-December).

As on date, the realisation of Cauvery water, as measured at Biligundlu, was 118.62 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) since October 1. It was during the 2010 monsoon that the realisation crossed the three-digit figure, which was 107 tmc ft.

A perusal of the data of flow measured at Biligundlu, located on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, since 1974-75 reveals that the cumulative realisation during the monsoon has exceeded the three-digit figure on 10 occasions including the current year. [The year 1974-75 has been taken into account as it was in 1974 that the 1924 inter-State agreement on the sharing of the Cauvery river water came for review].