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The New Year 2026 began connected a bedewed enactment successful Tenkasi and Tirunelveli districts, arsenic wide rainfall lashed respective regions, including the catchment areas.
In Tenkasi, the period of December was mostly adust and was marked by precocious daytime temperatures and dense dewfall during night. However, since Thursday night, the territory has been experiencing dense rainfall successful respective places. Areas on the Western Ghats and catchment zones received continuous downpour until Friday morning, starring to emergence successful h2o level successful large reservoirs.
The h2o level successful Gadananathi dam stood astatine 84.30 feet, adjacent to its maximum capableness of 85 feet. The dam received an inflow of 1265 cusecs and discharged 419 cusecs of water. Ramanathi dam, reported a h2o level of 72.75 feet, against its afloat reservoir level 84 feet, with an inflow of 312 cusecs and a discharge of 35 cusecs.
Due to aggravated rainfall, Narayanaperi kulam adjacent Vasudevanallur reached afloat capableness and overflowed done its surplus channel. However the encroachments on the waterway obstructed the earthy flow, forcing h2o to spill retired of the canal and participate households successful Sinthamaniperipudhur village, starring to rainwater stagnation connected houses and roads.
Disturbed by the situation, affected residents staged a roadworthy blockade connected Tirumangalam-Kollam nationalist highway, causing large postulation disruption successful the country and hardship for commuters.
Upon receiving information, constabulary and gross section officials rushed to the spot and held talks with the public. Officials assured the protestors that due enactment would beryllium taken regarding their demands.
Traffic successful the country gradually returned and conveyance question was afloat restored aft 3 hours.
Owing to dense rainfall bathing was banned astatine Courtallam h2o falls
Tirunelveli territory besides witnessed wide rainfall, with regions adjacent to the Western Ghats receiving mean to aggravated rainfall passim the night.
