Kodiveri anicut remains closed to visitors due to continued flooding

With flooding continuing astatine the Kodiveri anicut, the prohibition connected bathing astatine the waterfall remained successful effect connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025).

Surplus h2o has been discharged from the Bhavanisagar Dam into the Bhavani River for implicit a week, causing flooding astatine the anicut constructed crossed the river. According to flood regularisation norms, the permissible retention levels astatine the dam alteration by period — 100 feet during June and July, 102 feet from August to October, and up to 105 feet successful November and December.

Since the h2o level continues to beryllium maintained astatine 102 feet, a surplus discharge of 900 cusecs was released into the stream astatine 12 noon. The h2o level stood astatine 102 feet, with a retention of 30.31 tmcft against the afloat capableness of 32.80 tmcft. The inflow was 3,016 cusecs, portion the full discharge was 3,000 cusecs, including 2,000 cusecs into Lower Bhavani Project canal.

Meanwhile, 7,000 cusecs of surplus h2o continued to beryllium discharged from the Stanley Reservoir successful Mettur into the Cauvery River. At 8 a.m., the inflow was 7,500 cusecs, and the h2o level stood astatine 120 feet, the dam’s maximum capacity, with a retention of 93.47 tmcft. The discharge into the eastbound and westbound slope canals was 500 cusecs.