With the discharge from the Stanley Reservoir in Mettur stepped up to 1.50 lakh cusecs and could be increased further, the district administration has sounded flood alert to people living in low-lying areas in Bhavani and Kodumudi as more houses are likely to be flooded here on Tuesday.
Due to increase in inflow, the discharge from the reservoir that was 1.30 lakh cusecs in the morning was increased to 1.40 lakh cusecs and again to 1.50 lakh cusecs at 2.30 p.m. Officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD) said that the discharge could be increased upto 1.70 lakh cusecs at any moment and asked people living on the banks of the river and in low-lying areas to move to safer places.
