Summary:
Officials of the Public Works Department, using earthmovers, removed water hyacinth from the River Bhavani to ensure water flow is smooth. With River Bhavani converging with River Cauvery at Kooduthurai, the water flow in River Cauvery stood at 2.35 lakh cusecs in the evening causing more flooding at Bhavani and Kodumudi areas. Since more water discharge from Mettur Dam is likely, vulnerable areas were identified and more people were moved to safer locations, she added. more-inWith increase in discharge at Bhavani Sagar dam from 50,000 cusecs to 70,000 cusecs into River Bhavani on Tuesday evening, more houses and agricultural lands located along the river on both the sides got submerged causing panic among the people. While most of them were moved to flood relief camps, a few families preferred to join their relatives..