Flood alert sounded along River Bhavani

Heavy water flow at Chithirai Chavadi in Coimbatore on Sunday.

The district administration has issued flood alert to people living along River Bhavani banks in Mettupalayam taluk.

According to Revenue Department officials, following discharge of about 6,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) water from the Pilloor Reservoir into River Bhavani on Sunday, the Department had sounded flood alert to residents of Nellithurai, Thekkampatty, Chikkadasampalayam, Odanthurai, Jadayampalayam and Sirumugai villages in the taluk.

Following information that the upper reaches of the River in Udhagamandalam had received heavy rain and that there would be discharge of water from the reservoir, the officials began issuing the alert since Sunday morning.

Town criers the officials had engaged went around the villages alerting people on the possibility of flood.

They had also kept ready schools, community welfare centres, and wedding halls to relocate people if the water flow were to increase.

Meanwhile, parts of Coimbatore district received heavy rainfall in the 24 hours that ended 8 a.m. on Sunday. Rainfall details shared by the administration indicated that Cincona received 190 mm, Chinna Kalar 195 mm, Valparai (PAP Canal area) 147 mm and Valparai Taluk Office 152 mm. Pollachi received 48 mm rainfall but the rest of the district received insignificant amount of rainfall.