WRD seeks central research institute’s support to address structural issues in Cholavaram reservoir

In a bid to find a solution to recurrent structural stableness issues successful the Cholavaram reservoir, 1 of Chennai’s cardinal drinking h2o sources, the Water Resources Department (WRD) has sought method enactment from the Central Soil and Materials Research Station.

A squad of officials from the probe institute, functioning nether the Ministry of Jal Shakti, precocious inspected the reservoir, which is presently capable to store lone fractional its designed retention capableness owing to structural vulnerabilities.