With the water level in the Vellar rising because of widespread rain in its catchment areas, surplus water has been released from the Thozhudur and Keezha Kudikadu dams to feed irrigation tanks in Perambalur district. While one of the feeder canals of the Thozhudhur dam, situated close to the Tiruchi-Chennai National Highway, supplies water to the Wellington Reservoir in Cuddalore …