Bommai's remark came a day after Shivakumar said that there was no need for Karnataka to release water from KRS as the rainfall in Bengaluru and surrounding districts had surged the outflow to Tamil Nadu to around 6,500 cusecs.
In 2022, a sudden rise in temperature in March, a month before harvesting, led to grain shriveling, resulting in farmers facing losses of 5-6 quintals per acre.
Although the water level at Harrike headworks saw a reduction from 2.82 lakh cusecs on Saturday to 1.67 cubic per second (cusecs) by Sunday evening, the Satluj continued to flood 20 villages in Ferozepur, along with an equal number in the neighbouring Fazilka district.