COIMBATORE: The district government on Thursday cautioned that the people living together Bhavani river banks in Mettupalayam to not venture to the river since the inflow has raised after water release in the Pillur reservoir which has reached its highest capability.
An official source said the water level at the Pillur reservoir had touched 97ft contrary to its whole potential of 100ft over the afternoon after constant rain in the catchment regions.
On Wednesday night, 106mm rain was listed in the top Bhavani area.
“Since the inflow into the reservoir has improved everywhere between 10,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) and 12,000cusecs, public works division officials have published roughly 10,000cusecs water in the reservoir Thursday noon.
Even though 6,000cusecs of water can be discharged through both hydropower projects that creates approximately 50 megawatts power each hour, a second 4,000cusecs water can be discharged via four sluice gates of this reservoir,” the source stated.
A documented with Mettupalayam tahsildar office stated they’d issued warnings to individuals living over the Bhavani river.
“We’d eliminated the homes near the river bank this past year.
Now, we’ve requested the occupants to not step in the lake for bathing, bathing or fishing clothing.
For the time being, we’re at the protected zone.” The water level from the Siruvani reservoir has also risen to 21ft from its whole capacity of 49.5feet, after the incessant rain in the catchment regions.
An official with the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board stated in the similar period a year ago that the reservoir had just 3ft water due to jet rain.
He explained the catchment regions of the reservoir had listed 98mm rain on Wednesday night.
“We’ve increased the amount of water being pulled out of the reservoir into 97 million litres each day,” the official stated.
Rain Meets Pillur dam, water Discharged into Bhavani Lake
