The recent unprecedented rain that pounded Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts has left a trail of destruction in the form of over 720 breaches of bunds in 515 irrigation tanks in the two districts.
Over 200 engineers of Water Resources Department, drawn from across Tamil Nadu , are working over-time to plug the breaches at the earliest to replenish the tanks from where major quantity of water had drained into the sea.
Engineer-in-Chief (WRD), A. Muthiah, said the average rainfall of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts is over 650 mm. “The districts had received 75% of their annual rainfall by December 15. However, on December 17, the two districts had recorded close to the annual rainfall,” he said.
