Massive water tank collapse at Thammanam in Kochi floods houses; vehicles damaged

A large h2o vessel illness successful the Thammanam country of Kochi, Kerala, successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (November 10, 2025) led to h2o gushing into the adjacent houses, damaging vehicles and property.

The incidental occurred aft the partition of a enclosure of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) drinking h2o retention vessel ruptured. The ground-level reservoir, with a capableness of 1.35 crore litres, is reportedly astir 50 years aged and has 2 chambers. The partition of 1 of these chambers, a 68 lakh-litre capableness tank, ruptured.

Officials fishy that the property of the operation could person been the origin for the accident.

Water proviso to beryllium hit

Drinking h2o proviso volition beryllium disrupted successful respective parts of the Kochi Corporation pursuing the incident.

According to KWA, h2o proviso volition beryllium disrupted successful regions from Vyttila to Petta and Thammanam to Cherannallur. The pumping to the erstwhile regions was slated to hap connected Tuesday, which volition beryllium affected pursuing the incident.

KWA is considering carrying retired repair works arsenic the different enclosure of the vessel remains undamaged.

Water proviso successful the Vennala portion volition not beryllium affected arsenic the pumping determination is being carried retired by an 85 lakh-litre ground-level reservoir astatine Thammanam.