The Water Resources Department (WRD) is set to complete construction of yet another check dam in the upstream portion of Poondi reservoir in Tiruvallur district in about four months.
Nearly 50% of the work on the check dam with regulator across the Sholingur branch channel, near Parabayangarapuram village, about 40 km upstream of Poondi reservoir, one of the major drinking water sources of the city, has been completed so far.
The ₹8.46-crore project would help storage in neighbouring tanks. WRD officials said this was a scheme chalked out for inter-basin transfer from Poiney sub-basin, a tributary of Palar to Kosasthalaiyar basin.
