Chennai / Madurai: The main reservoir in the state has got a combined 78% deposit of their total capacity.
It raises the possibility of waste water into the sea when the Northeast monsoon begins in full swing.
Southwest monsoon retreat has proven abundance during the last few days.
Though it rained on Monday, waterbodies in the western and southern districts already full and the river in serenturan.
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday held a review meeting with the collector of Nilgiris, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari and Namakkal to ensure relief camps were established and there is an important commodity flow uninterrupted.
Storage at Mettur Reservoir in Salem District stood at 54TMCT on Monday with a total capacity 93TMCT opposed.
The water level stands at 91ft against the full reservoir level of 120 feet.
There inflows 16.197cusecs (cubic feet per second) to the reservoir.
Can pass the 100ft level in a week if the same inflow continues, an official said PWD.
Debit maintained at 100 cusec to the river for drinking water purposes and canals 550cusec into East and West.
Karnataka government is being issued about 4,000 cuseC into the dam Kabini and Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS).
Bhavanisagar dam in Erode has reached 92% deposit.
It has 5,454 cuseC inflow and outflow 3,108 cusec 2.300cusec to the river and canal.
Among the group of Parambikulam-Aliyar dam, Sholayar has reached full storage, while Parambikulam and Aliyur edged closer to the full extent.
Papanasam in Tirunelveli has a water storage 5tmcft comfortable.
Reservoir has a water inflow 6,530Cusec.
Mullasiyar dam in Idukki district in Kerala, is owned and managed by the government of Tamil Nadu, has a 51% deposit.
Log in to the dam is 5926 cusec.
Heavy rainfall in Kanyakumari district has produced Pechipparai and Perunchani dam and storage respectively with 87% and 91%.
However, the flood waters began to recede from the low lying residential areas and agricultural land in and around Thamirabarani, Kodayar, Burliyar and Palaiyaru.
89.8 mm rainfall against the average recorded in the district of Kanyakumari in 24 hours till 8 am, only 9.41 mm of rainfall recorded from Sunday morning to Monday morning.
None of the rain gauges recorded rainfall of more than 21 mm.
Overall, 391 people from 123 families, including 177 women, 152 men and 62 children were evacuated to rescue shelters in the district until Sunday night.
They started back in areas where the water is drained.
“Despite the rain subsided, there may be rain at any time,” said Jothi Nirmalasamy Officer for the District.
After visiting the areas affected by the rains in this district by district collector M Arvind, the officer said the district is ready to handle heavy rain and that the entrance to the reservoir is monitored all the time.
Damaged roads will be repaired once the rain stopped, he added.
He said rains up to 33 cm were recorded on Sunday left the 157.5 hectares of crops under cultivation submerged in Kanyakumari.
This includes 125 hectares of bananas, 30 hectares of rice and 2.5 hectares of tapioca.
Bananas and tapioca plantations can be saved because the water has begun to flow.
Paddy has been damaged because grains have started to grow, he said.
Monitoring Officers to Tirunelveli District Apoorva check the reservoir and the affected areas in the district together with the district collector V Vishnu.
He said the situation is well under control.
Rain has increased the water level in Papanasam and dam servalar and do not need to discharge large as in January this year, when heavy rain is released to produce 65,000 cusec Thamirabarani from Papanasam, Servalar and Manimuthar.
In Madurai and other southern districts, the sky was overcast for the major part of the day on Monday.
While some areas of the city witnessed light drizzle and showers for a few minutes, some places like Mattouthavani receive good showers in the evening.