The Hindu 29.09.2010
No improvement in Siruvani water position
Special Correspondent
| Tight situation ahead in terms of drinking water supply |
Tough times: Water level in Siruvani Dam is little more than 34 ft as against the full reservoir level of nearly 50 ft.
COIMBATORE: The Siruvani Dam was only 70 per cent full on Tuesday, indicating a tight situation ahead in terms of drinking water supply in the city and suburbs.
Sources in the Coimbatore Corporation said the water level in the dam was a little more than 34 ft as against the full reservoir level of nearly 50 ft.
After a spell of heavy rain (90 mm) on September 1, the dam had recorded very negligible rain ranging from 6 mm to 40 mm since then. A normal South West Monsoon should have led to water overflowing from the dam, considering the fact that there was more water than last year at the start of the monsoon season.
The sources pointed out that between the middle of this month and now, the water level had risen only by two ft and the withdrawal of the monsoon had already been sounded.
But, the sources were confident that the North-East Monsoon that was scheduled to set in next month would fill up the dam.
