The Water Resources Department has released h2o from Amaravathi Dam for irrigating 47,117 acres of onshore successful Tiruppur and Karur districts.
Agricultural fields successful Dharapuram, Karur and Aravakurachi taluks volition beryllium benefitted by the h2o merchandise for 70 days.
Water proviso volition beryllium maintained implicit a play of 134 days till January 31, 2026. Up to 6894.72 mcft h2o volition beryllium released - 4233.60 mcft done 10 canals to irrigate 21867 acres successful Tiruppur and Karur districts, and 2661.12 mcft done Amaravathy main canal to irrigate 25,250 acres.
Traversing to a magnitude of 63.2 km, the main canal, with a carrying capableness of 440 cusecs, has an ayacut of 25,250 acres.
Ministers M.P. Saminathan and Kayalvizhi Selvaraj opened the shutters of the dam connected Friday successful the beingness of Pollachi Lok Sabha MP K. Eswarasamy.
Farmers said they were hopeful astir comfy h2o presumption till January 2026, for the 2nd consecutive year, factoring successful the accrual during the Northeast monsoon months.
Last year, too, abundant rainfall was adjuvant for the farmers cultivating sugarcane, paddy, coconut, maize, groundnut and different adust crops successful the bid area.
On Saturday, h2o level successful Amaravathi Dam was 88.59 feet retired of the maximum capableness of 90 feet. The retention was 3,919 mcft retired of maximum of 4,047. The inflow was 357 cusecs and outflow 275 cusecs. On the aforesaid time past year, the h2o level was 89.5 feet and retention 4,003 mcft.
