Summary:
The water level that stood at 65 ft in June, rose to 116 feet on Saturday and further increased to 118 feet around midnight. Immediately after the water level touched 116 feet, Revenue Department has issued warning to those living on the banks of Azhiyar river. more-inAliyar Dam, part of the Parambikulam Azhiyar Project in Pollachi, was inching closer to the full reservoir level with a storage of 118 feet as against its FRL of 120 feet on Saturday midnight, resulting in releasing surplus water to Kerala, sources here said. The dam filled up after nearly two years, thanks to the bountiful South-West Monsoon and resultant copious inflow into the catchment areas in western ghats since last month..