Flood alert has been issued in 36 villages along the banks of the Thenpennai by the Water Resources Department (WRD) as 850 cusecs of water was released from the Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai on Friday, after the water-level reached 116.55 feet as against the dam’s maximum level of 119 feet.
Officials said the inflow into the dam was 1,250 cusecs as the shutters of the Krishnagiri dam had been opened because of rain. The sluice gates located 8 km away from the reservoir downstream were opened. Water has been released into the river since Thursday evening, and distributed to the left and right bank canals from the pick-up dam.
