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A flood alert has been sounded to 3 districts on the low-lying areas of Thenpennai stream connected Friday pursuing a abrupt summation successful the outflow from Kelavarapalli dam and KRP dam present successful the district.
Kelavarapalli dam received 55 mm of rainfall successful the overnight rainfall successful Hosur connected Thursday. The dam’s h2o level had touched 41.33 ft of its full 44.28 ft capacity. The dam’s inflow was 2,209 cusecs connected Friday greeting and the reported outflow was 1,409 cusecs arsenic of 7 a.m. connected Friday. However, the outflow was accrued to 4,000 cusecs wrong 2 hours expanding the travel successful Thenpennai river.
Similarly, KRP dam fed by the waters of Thenpennai stream besides received dense rain. The inflow that was lone 1,400 cusecs connected Thursday, however, accrued with the summation successful the outflow from Kelavarapalli dam.
With the further h2o being released from Kelavarapalli dam, the inflow into the KRP dam accrued to 4,749 cusecs, with the full inflow being released arsenic outflow from the dam.
A information advisory was issued by the territory medication on Thenpennai river, aft Kelavarapalli dam successful Hosur that feeds Thenpennai stream and KRP dam successful Krishnagiri was edging towards it afloat capacity.
In its wake, the territory medication issued a flood alert to 3 districts of Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Tiruvanamalai. As of Friday noon, an orangish alert was besides sounded for Krishnagiri with dense rainfall forecast issued by the Chennai Meteorological Research Centre. The territory received an mean rainfall of 18.15 mm connected Thursday.
