Vaigai dam has been brimming after water degree touched its full reservoir degree of 71 ft on Tuesday and folks residing alongside the banks in 5 districts have been requested to maneuver to safer locations.
While over 7,500 mcft of the complete influx into the dam was being discharged by way of the river within the morning, the influx diminished round midday to round 5,000 cusecs. The dam has 5,829 mcft of water.
Meanwhile, latest heavy showers had led to 387 out of 1,012 irrigation tanks underneath Water Resources Organisation in Madurai district had water to their brim.
Another 276 tanks had 75% storage and 204 tanks had greater than 50% storage as on Monday, stated Madurai Collector, S. Aneesh Kumar, who inspected Sellur tank on Tuesday. The different 145 tanks had 26% to 50% storage.
Vigil stepped up
The Collector who additionally inspected Uthangudi, Kodikulam tanks and Thanichiyam tank in Vadipatti requested the WRO officers to maintain shut vigil on the water storage within the tanks. He urged the officers to make sure the power of the bunds.
He instructed them to take precautionary measures to stop flood after due announcement to the general public.
Meanwhile, water degree in Periyar dam stood at 132.50 ft as in opposition to its permissible degree of 142 ft with elevated influx of three,908 cusecs. Combined Periyar credit score storage stood at 8,711 mcft.
Madurai metropolis witnessed visitors congestion for hours, as car motion alongside the North Bank Road of River Vaigai was closed for commuters on October 18, 2022. A scene at Goripalayam junction.
| Photo Credit: R. Ashok
Traffic snarl
Inundation of the north and south Vaigai Bank Roads led to diversion of visitors by way of Albert Victor Bridge and Kalpalam which introduced the vehicular visitors round Goripalayam to a grinding halt.
Increased vehicular motion forward of Deepavali competition added to the chaos on the arterial roads.
The rainfall (in mm) recorded over the last 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. on Tuesday are as follows: Sathayar dam 107, Veerapandi 64.2, Manjalar dam 63, Andipatti 62.4, Vaigai dam 60.2, Shanmuganadhi dam 52, Marudhanadhi dam 47.4, Kodaikanal 45, Periyapatti 42.4, Mullaperiyar dam 38, Thekkadi 30.2, Gudalur 28.4, Sothuparai dam 25, Mettupatti 24.8, Uthamapalayam 13.4, Kuppanampatti 10, Elumalai 7, Peranai dam 4.4, Kallandhri 4, Chittampatti 3.6, Melur 3 and Madurai 1.
Source: www.thehindu.com