After the Krishna river, it is now Cauvery’s turn to quench the city’s thirst as the Veeranam tank - a main water source for Chennai - is expected to get inflows by late Tuesday.

The supply from the tank is likely to be resumed by the weekend. PWD officials told Express that Veeranam is expected to receive water by Tuesday night as the flow to Cauvery river is 1,00,039 cusecs.

‘‘The tank had dried up and would get water from the Vadavar channel of the Coleroon river, said a Metro Water official. We expect to resume supply from the Veeranam tank by the weekend,” he said, adding that the water would be extracted through the intake well.