With the inflow started to drop at the Bhavanisagar reservoir over the day, the surplus water discharge into River Bhavani that was 25,500 cusecs on Saturday morning, was reduced to 17,500 cusecs in the evening.
At 4 p.m., the inflow was 17,400 cusecs while the discharge in spillway was 8,550 cusecs and river sluices was 8,950 cusecs. The water level stood at 102 feet against the full reservoir level of 105 feet while the storage was 30.31 tmc ft against the capacity of 32.80 tmc ft. Officials of the Water Resources Department said that due to drop in discharge from Pilloor reservoir at Mettupalayam and drop in rainfall in the catchment areas, the inflow started to drop from 1 p.m.
The river flows through Kodiveri anicut at Gobichettipalayam and officials banned bathing and coracle operation in the anicut. Revenue officials continue to monitor the flow of the river through four taluks and people have been warned against entering the river. Officials said that so far no houses located near the river were flooded.
Meanwhile, water hyacinth that enveloped most of the water spread in the river at Bhavani led to water entering houses located along the river and in low-lying areas. Over 50 houses were flooded and an earthmover was pressed into service to remove hyacinth. Later, water flow was unhindered that started to confluence with River Cauvery at Kooduthurai in Bhavani.
