Since the onset of Southwest monsoon last month, the ghat regions of Coimbatore district have received bounteous amount of rainfall. According to the Revenue Department officials, the district had received 94 % of the average rainfall it received during the corresponding period last year.
Further, the catchment areas of dams such as Aliyar, Pilloor and Siruvani received heavy rainfall, and also the tanks in the River Noyyal system were filling fast.
Recently, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board that operates and maintains the 32-km-long pipeline from Siruvani to Coimbatore detected a damage in the pipeline.
