CHENNAI: As new weather system may bring more rains to the city between December 16 and 18, the total quantum of discharge from reservoirs supplying water to the city has gone up by 2,000 cusecs. Water Resources Department increased the discharge from Chembarambakkam reservoir from 4,500 cusecs to 6,000 cusecs as of Saturday noon, and from Puzhal lake from 500 …
Widespread rains continued to lash parts of Tamil Nadu on Friday. Several areas in Thiruvannamalai, which had experienced mud slips atleast four times when Cyclone Fengal crossed the Tamil Nadu and Karaikal coast on November 30, and some parts in the southern districts, as well, were swarmed by swathes of water. Following a sudden increase in the inflows into the …
With catchment areas continuing to receive rain and bringing in more inflow into Chembarambakkam reservoir, the Water Resources Department has increased water discharge considerably on Wednesday. The department that began releasing about 1,000 cubic feet per second of water into the Adyar river at 9 a.m. as a precautionary measure, stepped up the quantum of discharge to 1,500 cusecs as …
Severe rainfall pounded several parts of the city and its neighbourhood on early hours of Thursday, November 11, 2021, as the depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved towards TN coast. As torrential downpour continued through Wednesday night, several weather stations in and around the city recorded a very heavy rainfall till 5.30 a.m. Ennore port, MRC Nagar and Nungambakkam, …
Orders have been issued for 1,000 cusecs of water to be released from the Chembarambakkam reservoir at noon. People stand on a rock while waves lash at Kovalam beach as Cyclone Nivar approaches the eastern Indian coast, in Chennai. The sudden release of huge quantities of water from Chembarambakkam into the Adyar river had resulted in devastating floods in 2015 …