Power crisis looms large
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With rains still far from normal in the catchment area, the state’s Energy department officials are gearing up for an impending power crisis.
Water inflows into Linganamakki, Supa and Mani reservoirs are still abysmal and if the situation does not improve in the next one month, there will be severe problems, said sources.
Though several areas in the state have witnessed good showers this monsoon, the situation is far from good in terms of power generation. Thanks to rains in the last week, the levels of a few reservoirs have gone up a few notches but officials say this is far from adequate.
The water level has risen marginally at Linganamakki, from 1746.95 feet to 1753.1 feet, Supa from 516.87 feet to 519.5 feet and at Mani, which from 570.34 feet has now risen to 576 feet.
However, officials are still worried as the inflows into the reservoirs have been abysmally low. For good hydel power generation it is important that the reservoirs should get adequate inflows of water.
At present the inflows into Linganamakki, Supa and Mani is 4229, 3890.7 and 726.7 cusecs respectively. However, on an average over 2,000 cusecs also gets released on any given day.
“For the power generation in the hydel plants to improve, on average the daily inflow has to be over 40,000 cusecs, which will ensure that the power generation is continuous. However, this year, the situation looks quite uncertain,” said a senior official of the Energy department.
While the Energy department officials have another month in which they can expect more rainfall, they agree that at this stage it looks highly improbable. “We would require over 40,000 cusecs that should ideally rise to 60,000 cusecs.
For that there has to be continuous rainfall over seven to eight days. But as of now that situation seems is be highly impossible,” he added.
Further adding to their worry, the other reservoirs in the state such as Sharavathi, Varathi and Almatti, all have noted low generation, while others such as Kadra, Gerusoppa and Jog have seen no power generation at all.
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