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The Water Resources Department (WRD) has stopped the merchandise of h2o from the Sathanur dam to irrigate astir 50,000 acres of farmland downstream, covering Tiruvannamalai, Kallakuruchi and Villupuram districts, owing to a steep diminution successful the h2o level successful the facility.
Officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD), which maintains the facility, said that h2o was released into the stream and distributed to the near and close slope canals from the pick-up dam for 100 days since January 31, erstwhile the sluice gates were opened. Since then, connected an average, 550 cusecs of h2o were released from the dam each time for farming. It was released successful phases to payment farmers successful Tiruvannamalai, Tirukoilur, and Kallakuruchi.
Water level successful the dam has dwindled arsenic the portion has been witnessing searing vigor of astir 40 grade Celsius. At present, the dam has 1,361 mcft of h2o arsenic against its full capableness of 7,321 mcft. In different words, the dam has a full h2o retention of 18%, which could beryllium utilised lone for home depletion successful the district.
WRD officials said that each year, 4 tmc of h2o is stored successful the dam for irrigation. The dam besides helps to store h2o successful 88 tanks on the way successful these districts. While h2o from the dam’s Left Bank Canal feeds 30 tanks successful Tiruvannamalai and 10 successful Villupuram, the Right Bank Canal is connected to 48 tanks successful Villupuram.
The dam besides provides astatine slightest 2 tmc of h2o for home depletion of residents successful astatine slightest 150 villages and large towns similar Chengam and Tiruvannamalai, without reducing its platform retention level of 56 ft.
