Karur Collector T.Anbalagan at the check dam across Amaravathi river

Karur Collector T.Anbalagan at the check dam across Amaravathi river Amaravathi water reaches Karur Karur Collector T. Anbalagan at the check dam across Amaravathi river at Andankoil on Thursday. Water released from the Amaravathi dam reached Karur on Thursday, bringing cheers to farmers and residents. The dam, which is the lifeline of Tirupur and Karur districts, was opened on Monday after it reached its full capacity. The Public Works Department officials released 6,000 cusecs on Monday. The entire inflow is being released into the Amaravathi river. It took just three days for the water to reach Karur. Officials said about 1,800 cusecs was realised at the check dam constructed across the Amaravathi river at Periandankoil around noon on Thursday. Collector T. Anbalagan, who visited the check dam at Periandankoil, said that the inflow was likely to continue for at least a week. It has been planned to supply the water for irrigation and fill up tanks and lakes. The PWD officials have been asked to maximise the utilisation of water before letting the Amaravathi water into the Cauvery at Thirumukkudalur. He said he had received inputs that the water released from the Mettur dam was likely to be stepped up to 20,000 on Thursday night. People living along the Cauvery and the Amaravathi have been asked to move to safer areas. Round-the-clock vigil would be maintained along the riverbed. Mr. Anbalagan said that it would be helpful for the farmers to start agricultural operations. Moreover, it would improve the groundwater table to a great extent in the district. IAS officers to monitor Mettur flow Chief Minister says the special committee will ensure water reaches tail-end areas in time The State government has formed a special committee comprising eleven senior IAS officials to monitor the flow of water released from the Mettur dam into the Cauvery to ensure that it reaches the tail-end areas in time, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said here on Thursday. The government would closely monitor the water level in the dam and streamline the discharge based on the needs of farmers of all the dozen Cauvery basin districts, Mr. Palaniswami said speaking to presspersons after opening the sluices of the Stanley reservoir. Earlier, speaking at the function for opening the dam, the Chief Minister said that the State scored a major historic victory on establishing its rights on sharing Cauvery water thanks to the relentless legal battle waged by leaders late M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. Due to the efforts of these leaders, the Supreme Court had fixed 177.25 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) as Tamil Nadu’s share and also directed the formation of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee recently. This has assured that Tamil Nadu will get its due share of water every year and there will be no need to wage legal battles and run from pillar to post here after for getting the same. Mr. Palaniswami