Floods in Amaravathy
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Floods in Amaravathy

The Hindu  

With the Amaravathi in spate, the Water Resources Department on Saturday opened the Kollidam regulator and began discharging surplus water from the Upper Anicut at Mukkombu. The opening of the Kollidam regulator to discharge surplus water is the second time within six months in a year. To prevent flooding in the delta areas and the low-lying areas of Tiruchi, the entire quantum of water realised at Mukkombu was being diverted into the Kollidam, essentially a flood carrier. R. Thayalakumar, Chief Engineer of Water Resources Department, Tiruchi, who took stock of the situation at Mukkombu, told The Hindu that it had been decided to discharge entire quantum of surplus water into the Kollidam as there was no demand for water for irrigation in delta areas.

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Tiruchi Corporation drills deep borewells on Cauvery bed to augment water supply
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Tiruchi Corporation drills deep borewells on Cauvery bed to augment water supply

The Hindu  

With a long summer ahead and the yield from the city’s main water sources dwindling, the Tiruchi City Corporation is gearing to meet the requirements over the next three or four months by sinking six additional deep borewells on the Cauvery river bed. Deep borewells are being sunk around the Kambarasampettai head works, one of the city’s main drinking water …

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