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Coimbatore: After a gap of three years, the three fresh water tanks in west Coimbatore—Narasimpathi, Vedapatti and Nagarajapuram are almost half-full. Once a tank gets filled, water flows to the next. Thanks to the unrelenting efforts of non-governmental organisations, volunteers and the government in desilting the tanks and strengthening bunds, they now have water.Besides getting filled with rainwater, the tanks get filled when water is released through the Chitra Chavady Canal. If the tanks get filled after the northeast monsoon, there will be adequate water for farming for another year or two, they said.The three tanks were lying barren for three years and it was difficult to even recognise them as waterbodies. If we have a successful northeast monsoon, they will get full and groundwater will get recharged enough to stand another year of inadequate rains," he said..