Mandya, March 27 -- Agriculture Minister N. Chaluvarayaswamy clarified that the crest gate of the KRS Dam was accidentally opened during maintenance work and not deliberately to release water to Tamil Nadu. He assured that officials acted swiftly to rectify the mistake.

Chaluvarayaswamy, who also serves as the Mandya District Minister, stated that the Dam held 107 feet of water. The incident occurred around 8 am on Monday when the gate was unintentionally opened during maintenance.

The technical team responded quickly and closed it by 5 pm the same day. Only around 600 to 700 cusecs of water is estimated to have flowed out.

Speaking to reporters yesterday, he explained that the Dam maintenance is conducted annually, typically before th...