Non-stop rains in the catchment areas in Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts are filling up irrigation tanks. The irrigation tanks are maintained by the Water Resources Department (WRD).
Rains have been lashing parts of Tamil Nadu since Wednesday, November 29, 2023, and continued well into Thursday.
Together, these four districts have a total of 4,167 water bodies including 1,119 Minor Irrigation (MI) that are maintained by the Public Works Department (PWD) with rest of the water bodies such as ponds, lakes and uranis maintained by the Rural Development (RD) Department in these districts.