River Krishna dries up as M’rashtra does not release water

The Krishna River, lifeline of North Karnataka, is nearly dry weeks ahead of its usual summer. depletion. Traditionally reaching critical levels by mid-May, the river is already parched by the third week of April, intensifying the water crisis across 13 districts in the Kittur and Kalyana Karnataka regions.

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote to his Maharashtra counterpart, Devendra Fadnavis, on 2 April, requesting the release of 3 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water, 2 tmcft from the Koyana reservoir and 1 tmcft from Varana reservoir. However, as of 20 April, Maharashtra has not responded.