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Widespread rainfall lashed respective parts of Tamil Nadu successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday, with a fewer coastal areas experiencing aggravated downpours, nether the power of a prevailing upwind strategy implicit the Bay of Bengal. Heavy rainfall is expected to proceed implicit galore districts this week.
The strengthening of easterly/northeasterly winds implicit the portion signals the impending accomplishment of the Northeast monsoon. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said the simultaneous withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon and onset of Northeast monsoon was apt connected Thursday.
An precocious aerial cyclonic circulation implicit coastal Tamil Nadu and adjoining Comorin country is cited arsenic 1 of the reasons for bedewed upwind successful the State. In its bulletin, the RMC forecast bedewed spell to proceed till October 21.
On Thursday, 4 districts, including Tirunelveli and Ramanathapuram, whitethorn person precise dense rainfall. Heavy rainfall is apt successful 22 districts, including Virudhunagar, Villupuram and the Nilgiris. Many coastal districts, including Chennai and neighbouring districts, are apt to person aggravated rainfall.
In 24 hours ending astatine 8.30 a.m. connected Wednesday, Ennore successful Chennai recorded precise dense rainfall of 14 cm. Kathivakkam (10 cm), Manali New Town successful Chennai and Kodanad successful the Nilgiris territory (9 cm each), Wimco Nagar successful Chennai (8 cm) besides reported dense rainfall. Several different districts received airy to mean rainfall.
Water release
Meanwhile, the Water Resources Department (WRD) released astir 700 cubic feet per 2nd (cusecs) of h2o from the Poondi reservoir, and 200 cusecs from the Red Hills reservoir connected Wednesday arsenic a precautionary measure.
Officials of the WRD said the h2o released into the Kosasthalaiyar stream volition scope the Tamaraipakkam anicut. From there, it would beryllium diverted to Cholavaram vessel for storage.
The shutters of the Poondi reservoir were opened arsenic it received dense inflow of 2,260 cusecs from catchment areas, the Kesavaram anicut, the Illupur cheque dam, and the Kandaleru-Poondi canal.
According to the WRD’s compendium of rules, the reservoir h2o level indispensable beryllium maintained astatine 33 ft. successful October. However, the h2o level present stands astatine 34.30 ft., requiring it to beryllium diverted to the Cholavaram vessel for storage.
Officials said the floodgates of Red Hills reservoir, 1 of the large drinking h2o sources for the city, were besides opened arsenic the retention was 3,006 cardinal cubic feet against 3,300 mcft.
“We person to support the h2o level 2 feet little than afloat level successful October, up of monsoon. The reservoir retention volition beryllium stepped up to afloat capableness by December. The h2o level was astatine 19.97 ft against afloat level of 21.20 feet, starring to the precautionary measurement of opening shutters,” an authoritative said.
