Water levels not adequate in Chennai
Posted on: 06/Dec/2014 11:54:49 AM
Though the recent rains were a welcome sign, the catchment areas did not get adequate water. Thus, water levels have not risen significantly, a top Chennai Metro water official said. Reservoirs got only 2,801 million cubic feet (mcft) of water despite heavy rains in the city.
Besides Veeranam, the total storage level at Poondi, Sholavaram, Red Hills and Chembarambakkam was only 2.52 thousand million cubic (tmc) feet when compared to 2.74 tmc feet last year. However, with the Veeranam reservoir brimming with water, the city has an additional one tmc feet of water.
Metro Water has not pressed the panic button yet.Meanwhile, sources from the Water Resources Department (WRD) said that the reservoirs had enough water to last for the next three months.
