KRISHNAGIRI: Owing to heavy rain in Karnataka, excess water from KR Sagar, Kabini was being let into Cauvery river raising its water level in Hogennakkal.

An inflow of 5,536 mcft water from Krishnaraja Sagar Dam, 700 mcft of water from Kabini and 7,906 mcft of water due to heavy rain in catchment areas of Biligundu had been recorded.