While areas in the plains witnessed drizzles and mild showers, the intensified South West monsoon in the hilly terrains in Western Ghats has brought copious inflow into the reservoirs improving their storage considerably.
In the last 24 hours that ended at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday, the 11 rain gauge stations in Coimbatore district recorded 531.20 mm, thus registering an average rainfall of 44.27 mm.
Rainfall recorded in mm: Airport Peelamedu 4, Perianaickenpalayam 10, Pollachi 75, Sulur 5.20, TNAU 12, Chincona 135, Chinnakallar 116, Valparai PAP 73, Valparai taluk 89, Coimbatore South 12, Upper Nirar 116, and Lower Nirar 156.
As a result of heavy rain in the catchments of Siruvani, the Forest Department has once again closed Kovai Coutrallam for the public from Thursday.
Pilloor
The heavy rain in the Nilgiris has resulted in copious inflow into the Pilloor reservoir, forcing the authorities to discharge more than 10,000 cusecs through sluices including the discharge for power generation. A flood alert has been sounded along the banks of river Bhavani.
PAP reservoirs
With Sholayar having a storage of 162.4 ft against the full reservoir level of 160 ft, water was released through the outlets. The reservoir received an inflow of 6,316 cusecs and the discharge was being maintained at 6,106 cusecs. The dam recorded 114 mm rainfall. Parambikulam had 71.03 ft as against 72 ft and the inflow was 6,257 cusecs and discharge 8,096 cusecs. The catchments recorded 106 mm rainfall.
In the plains, the Aliyar reservoir had a storage of 118.40 ft as against the full reservoir level of 120 ft. Inflow into the reservoir was 1,811 cusecs and and discharge was 2,055 cusecs.
The dam recorded a rainfall of 23.6 mm. Thirumurthy reservoir had a storage of 50.44 ft as against the full level of 60 ft. The inflow was 959 cusecs and the discharge 1,162 cusecs. The rainfall stood at 7 mm. Amaravathy had 87.90 ft as against the full reservoir level of 90 ft. The inflow was 2,869 cusecs and the discharge 1,846.
PAP authorities said that the rain was continuing steadily in the upper reaches and the inflow into the reservoirs would continue for two or three more days.
