Over 1,500 irrigation tanks reach full capacity in 2 weeks
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More than 1,500 irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu have reached full capacity in two weeks, the interval when a cyclone, Nivar, and a despair in the Bay of Bengal, Burevi, handed by the State.
As on Thursday, the entire variety of irrigation tanks that had reached full capacity was 4,034, as in opposition to 2,528 on November 28, in line with knowledge from the Public Works Department.
Likewise, as in opposition to 4 reservoirs two weeks in the past, 16 reservoirs at the moment are virtually full, with storage starting from 91% to 99%.
Seven reservoirs have been stuffed to the brim, an addition of three in the final couple of weeks.
Cyclone’s influence
Rainfall acquired in a number of elements of the State underneath the affect of Burevi has made a distinction to the storage of the tanks and the reservoirs. The State, which registered about 25 cm of rain in the course of the interval from October 1 to November 25, acquired 18 cm extra in the subsequent two weeks, taking the entire quantum to about 43 cm. Nivar crossed the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast in the late hours of November 25 and the early hours of the subsequent day.
Over 80% storage
Of the reservoirs having storage in extra of 80%, these situated in the northern districts account for 15 of 31; the remainder are in the western districts, 9, and the southern districts, 7.
As for the tanks, these located in the northern districts of the State benefited greater than in the remainder.
In Chengalpattu, 495 out of a complete of 564 tanks are full, whereas the quantity was 289 two weeks in the past. While 208 tanks in Tiruvallur; 173 in Kancheepuram; 46 in Tiruvannamalai; 51 in Cuddalore; and 95 in Villupuram have been full on November 28, the most recent figures for the districts respectively have been 363, 315, 211, 186 and 197.
Other beneficiaries
As for the opposite elements of the State, Thanjavur and Pudukottai have been the numerous beneficiaries, with 449 and 175 tanks reaching their full capacity.
Though Madurai and Kanniyakumari in the south do have a substantial variety of tanks at full capacity, the current place marks no perceptible shift from what prevailed two weeks in the past. At current, the 2 districts have 264 tanks and 305 tanks which might be full.
