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Central Water Commission

(Serving the nation since 1945)

HO/FF Network Under Cauvery and Southern Rivers Organisation

Hydrological Observation Judisdiction of CSRO


The river basins under this Organisation for the works Hydro-meteorological observation are as given below:

  1. Cauvery Basin from Biligundulu site and downstream
  2. Pennar Basin
  3. West flowing Rivers below Tadri to Kanyakumari
  4. East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari

Hydrological Observation Judisdiction Map of CSRO


Hydrological Observation Stations Under CSRO


Division-wise and basin-wise hydrological observation stations under CSRO as on 01.09.2019 are given in the tables below:

  1. Division-Wise Details of Hydrological Observation Stations under CSRO
    Sl. No Name of the Division No of HO sites upto XI Plan period No. of HO sites opened during and after XII plan period Category wise number of sites Total No. of HO sites
      G GD GDQ GDSQ  
    1 Southern Rivers Division, Coimbatore 23 13 0 6 10 20 36
    2 South Western Rivers Division, Kochi 28 22 0 16 9 25 50
    3 Hydrology Division, Chennai 24 20 0 20 16 8 44
      Total 75 55 0 42 35 53 130

     

  2. Basin-Wise Details of Hydrological Observation Stations under CSRO
    Sl. No Name of the River Basin Name of the Division Total HO sites
      SRD SWRD HD  
    1 Cauvery 23 0 7 30
    2 Pennar 0 0 12 12
    3 West flowing Rivers below Tadri to Kanyakumari 1 50 0 51
    4 East flowing Rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari 12 0 25 37
      Total 36 50 44 130

     

  3. Basin & State-Wise Details of Hydrological Observation Stations under CSRO
    Sl. No River/ Basin State G GD GDQ GDSQ Total
    1 Cauvery Karnataka 0 0 0 1 1
    Tamil Nadu 0 2 10 14 26
    UT of Puducherry 0 0 2 0 2
    Kerala 0 1 0 0 1
    2 Pennar Andhra Pradesh 0 4 3 4 11
    Karnataka 0 0 1 0 1
    3 West flowing Rivers below Tadri to Kanyakumari Karnataka 0 1 6 1 8
    Kerala 0 8 7 23 38
    Tamil Nadu 0 2 2 1 5
    4 East flowing Rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 2 2
    Tamil Nadu 0 19 8 7 34
    UT of Puducherry 0 0 1 0 1
      Total 0 37 40 53 130

(G – Gauge, GD – Gauge and Discharge, GDQ - Gauge, Discharge and Water quality, GDSQ - Gauge, Discharge, Sediment and Water quality)