With persistent heavy downpour, all water reservoir resources for Chennai Metro City filling up!
Posted on: 27/Nov/2021 12:49:13 PM
Following the recent persistent heavy downpour, all the major drinking warder source reservoirs in Chennai Metro City have filled up and the water levels have risen.
- There was an inflow of 7720 cft per second to the Poondi water reservoir and the level reached 32.63’ and the reservoir is full by 73.88%.
- For the Cholavaram water reservoir, there was an inflow of 1263 cft per sec and the water level has risen to 18.86’ and the reservoir is 73.12% full. A rainfall of 15 cm has been recorded.
- There was an inflow of 2633 cft per second for the Puzhal water reservoir and the water level has risen to 18.67’ and the reservoir is83.18% full. A rainfall of 11 cm has been recorded.
- There was an inflow of 5900 cft per second to the Chembarambakkam water reservoir and the water level has risen to 21.13’ and the reservoir is 79.29%. A rainfall of 12 cm has been recorded.
- There was an inflow of 2285 cft per second to the Veeranam lake and the water level has risen to 8.50’. The lake is 65.11% full. Rainfall of 8 cm has been recorded.
- Thiruvallur district: Thervai Kandigai dam has been filled.
Madhuranthagam:
- All the 262 lakes under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department have filled up to full capacity after a gap of 6 years! Due to the persistent heavy downpour over the last few weeks, all the lakes are filled up to full capacity after a gap of 6 years.
