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Water level successful the Bhavanisagar Dam dropped beneath 60 feet against its afloat reservoir level of 105 ft. connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026).
The h2o level stood astatine 59.83 ft. astatine astir 4 p.m. connected Wednesday, portion the retention was 7.20 tmc ft. against the dam’s afloat capableness of 32.8 tmc ft. The inflow was 204 cusecs, portion the discharge was 350 cusecs into the Arakkankottai and Thadapalli channels and 150 cusecs into River Bhavani for drinking h2o supply.
A Water Resources Department authoritative said the inflow had remained precise debased implicit the past 3 months, portion the outflow was precocious for irrigation, starring to a dependable driblet successful the h2o level. The catchment areas did not person bully rainfall implicit the past week, and the inflow remained low, the authoritative added.
The dam serves arsenic a lifeline for irrigation successful the Erode, Karur, and Tiruppur districts, irrigating astir 2.07 lakh acres. It besides supplies h2o to the Kalingarayan Channel, covering 15,743 acres, and the Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels, which irrigate 24,504 acres.
Farmers pointed to the amerciable extraction of h2o from the dam and channels and sought strict action.
