Tanks, bed dams in Puducherry reach full storage in recent rain
1 week, 3 days ago

Tanks, bed dams in Puducherry reach full storage in recent rain

The Hindu  

: All the 84 tanks and 25 bed dams in Puducherry are filled to its full capacity due to heavy rain and discharge of water from dams in neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu. As per data available with the Public Works Department, the 84 tanks spread across two municipalities and five commune panchayats have a total storage capacity of 1,599.88 million cubic feet. “All the tanks are brimming to its full capacity and to avoid any breach, we have started reducing the storage taking into consideration the safety of those residing close to the waterbodies. Similarly, the bed dams across the rivers of Sankarabarani, Pambaiyar, Guduvaiyar, Malatar and Pennaiyar also have full storage.

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Flood Alert: 15 Villages Along River Sathanur Face Heavy Rainfall
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Flood Alert: 15 Villages Along River Sathanur Face Heavy Rainfall

The Hindu  

Water from the Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai has been released for the third time this month, with a total inflow of 3,630 cusecs per second. The water has reached 114.50 feet, exceeding the dam's capacity of 119 feet. The villages along the riverbank have been issued a flood alert due to the rising water levels.

Tamil Nadu's Water Reservoirs at 64% Full, a Sign of Hope for Irrigation
2 months ago

Tamil Nadu's Water Reservoirs at 64% Full, a Sign of Hope for Irrigation

New Indian Express  

Tamil Nadu's reservoirs are at 64.11% capacity, significantly higher than last year's 35.58%. The storage level in Mettur reservoir has reached 62,140 million cubic feet, 384% higher than last year. Similarly, Bhavanisagar reservoir has 21,141 mcft of water, also showing a 210% increase from the previous year.

Southern Districts Lead in Tank Storage, Despite Early Monsoon Arrival
2 months ago

Southern Districts Lead in Tank Storage, Despite Early Monsoon Arrival

The Hindu  

Two southern districts, Madurai and Kanniyakumari, account for 50% of the irrigation tanks in the State that have reached their capacity. Kanniyakumari, which has the largest number of tanks, at 2,040, is better placed than Sivaganga (1,459), as the storage at 75% of its tanks ranges from 50% to 100%.

Water level at India's main reservoirs drops to 23%: CWC report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Water level at India's main reservoirs drops to 23%: CWC report

The Hindu  

The water level of the country's 150 main reservoirs has dropped to 23% and is 77% less than last year's levels at this time, according to Central Water Commission data. The 150 main reservoirs monitored by the CWC have a combined live storage capacity of 178.784 BCM, which is around 69.35% of the total storage capacity created in the country. …

Water level in dams falls to 50%
10 months, 1 week ago

Water level in dams falls to 50%

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Water level in dams across the state has fallen to 50.57% well before the commencement of the summer season, spiking concerns of shortage as the existing stock must last for another five months, till July 15. HT Image Maharashtra has 2,994 small, medium and major dams with a total live storage capacity of 40,485 million cubic metres. The total …

Hot spell, depleted storage levels in dams, precipitate misery of farmers in Tiruppur
1 year, 3 months ago

Hot spell, depleted storage levels in dams, precipitate misery of farmers in Tiruppur

The Hindu  

The current hot spell has increased the worries of farmers in Tiruppur district, as, with less than average rainfall this year, they could be staring at the eventuality of crops withering away. However, with less than average rainfall this year, and with water in the dams that serve as sources of irrigation receding, representatives of farmer welfare organisations say their …

Signs of monsoon revival: Storage position in Cauvery basin reservoirs still an area of concern
1 year, 5 months ago

Signs of monsoon revival: Storage position in Cauvery basin reservoirs still an area of concern

The Hindu  

Not withstanding the signs of monsoon revival in the Cauvery basin, especially in Kodagu and parts of Chikkamagalur, concerns remain over the storage positions in the major reservoirs. The gross storage capacity of the KRS is 49.45 tmc ft. against which the storage on Sunday, was 17.05 tmc feet which is 34 per cent of its actual capacity. But, the …

Krishna water released to meet Chennai’s summer needs
1 year, 7 months ago

Krishna water released to meet Chennai’s summer needs

The Hindu  

Krishna water was released from Kandaleru reservoir, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday to cater to Chennai’s summer needs. The water resources department sought discharge of Krishna water this month to manage the summer peak demand and boost water level in the lakes. Krishna water is imperative to augment storage as nearly 700 million litres of water a day are sourced from …

Four districts in south Tamil Nadu face acute drinking water crisis as dams go dry
1 year, 8 months ago

Four districts in south Tamil Nadu face acute drinking water crisis as dams go dry

The Hindu  

Drinking water supply during this summer in four southern districts may be unprecedentedly erratic and give a major headache to the official machinery as storage level in Papanasam and Manimuthar dams that collectively take care of the drinking water supply in these districts has fallen sharply. Consequently, four southern districts may face acute drinking water shortagethis summer. With the storage …

More of inflows to major irrigation projects
2 years, 4 months ago

More of inflows to major irrigation projects

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Major irrigation projects got inflows of more than 100tmc-ft water during the present rainy season than last year’s. The dam's gross storage capacity was 129.72tmc-ft and released outflows of more than a lakh cusecs the last week. On Sunday, Srisailam reservoir touched 201tmc-ft of water of 215.61tmc-ft of FRL with 1.36 lakh cusecs of inflows followed by 1.12 lakh …

Rains fill up dams, wreck havoc on farmlands, lives in AP
3 years, 3 months ago

Rains fill up dams, wreck havoc on farmlands, lives in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada/Kakinada: Crops over nearly 25,000 acres have been affected as rains continued to batter several parts of Andhra Pradesh. Rains helped major and medium reservoirs to fill up with 797 tmc ft of water against their gross capacity of 982.35 tmc ft on Tuesday, and against the 781.61 tmc ft water stored on the same day last year. The Srisailam …

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