Surge caution issued for Cauvery waterway in 8 Tamil Nadu areas

Following substantial release of in excess of one lakh cusecs of Cauvery water by Karnataka, eight regions of Tamil Nadu, including Nilgiris where all the major and minor dams are full, have been put on surge caution.

The local meteorological focus in Chennai has additionally cautioned of overwhelming downpours in western Tamil Nadu.

"So significantly more than ten individuals have passed on in surges and a month ago, five individuals including three ladies, were washed away in Salem. Considering the way that the release of water from Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagar dams is disturbing, the low lying territories of Tamil Nadu have now been put on alarm," a best state government official told HT.

The state catastrophe administration specialist and the gatherers of Dissolve, Dharmapuri, Salem, Krishnagiri, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Trichy and Karur have been told to be prepared for surge relief works, the authority included.

The water level of Stanley store in Mettur achieved its full limit of 120 feet and its surplus is being released since a month ago. The past surplus discharged was around 80,000 cusecs and now the inflow is considerably higher, said state government sources currently observing the circumstance.

The income office have likewise connected with the general population living along the banks of the Cauvery in Namakkal, Karur, Trichy and Thanjavur, approaching them to be prepared for departure if required. Region authorities have likewise been solicited to outfit the rundown from defenseless spots, where the state calamity administration groups must be conveyed.