A flood alert was issued to 34 villages along the banks of the Thenpennai river in Tiruvannamalai district on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, by the Water Resources Department (WRD), as 500 cusecs of water per second are being released from the Sathanur dam.
Water is being released as the dam’s level reached 117.95 feet as against its total capacity of 119 feet.
This is the second time water is being released from the dam this season: on October 13, 850 cuses of water were released. This time, heavy rain lashed villages on the foothills of Kalvarayan Hills including Lalpettai, Kattumannarkoil, Thittakudi, Mullakudi and Paruthikudi. These villages come under the Tirukkoyilur, Vanapuram and Thandrampet taluks in Villupuram, Kallakurichi and Tiruvannamalai districts respectively.
