Hemavati River : Two Youth Drowned
Two youths, who went swimming in the Hemavati River near Henli village in Sakleshpur, drowned recently.
- Hemavati River is an important tributary of the Kaveri
- The river begins its journey in the Western Ghats at an elevation of about 1219 m above sea level, near Ballala Rayana Durga in the Chikmagalur District of Karnataka.
- It flows through Tumkur, Hassan District, where it is joined by its chief tributary, the Yagachi River and then into Mysore District before joining the Kaveri
- It is approximately 245 km long and has a drainage area of about 5,410 sq km.
- The Hemavati Reservoir is a masonry dam with a central spillway and earthen flanks built across the river near Gorur village.
- It has a storage capacity of 37.1 tmcft. The water from the reservoir is used to irrigate 6.55 acres of land in Mandya, Hassan and Tumkur.
