After three years, the Andiappanur Dam near Tirupattur has received surplus water following incessant rain in the last three days. This has come as the much-needed source of water for irrigation as it will benefit about 5,025 acres of agricultural lands in the nearby villages.
Officials said the water level in the dam has reached its full capacity of 112.20 mcft. On Tuesday, 991 cusecs of water was discharged, while 266 cusecs of water was released on Wednesday, an official of the Public Works Department (PWD) said.
“The last time when the water level had reached its full storage capacity in Andiappanur dam was in 2012. But then, there was no surplus of water. This time, there was good rainfall following which there is surplus water in the dam,” he said.
Among the other two Water Resources Department dams in Vellore, Mordhana reservoir, which has a storage capacity of 261.36 mcft, has 53.91 mcft of water. It is getting an inflow of 181.13 cusecs of water. Rajathoppu reservoir is devoid of water.
11 tanks full
There are 519 tanks of the PWD in the district. The rains have also helped in filling up 11 of these irrigation tanks across the district - Kelmelkuppam Chitteri Tank and Ananthalai Illupanthangal Tank in Walajah taluk, Peruvalayam Tank, Eralacheri Tank, Arakkonam Big Tank, Mulvoy Tank, Kavanur Chitteri Tank in Arakkonam taluk, Bommikuppam Tank, Simanapudur Tank, Madapalli Tank, Kanamandur Tank in Tirupattur taluk have reached 100 per cent storage capacity.
Among the remaining tanks, 30 tanks have water up to 75 per cent of the capacity, while 52 tanks have 50 per cent. The remaining tanks have less than 25 per cent water. “Water level in the Tirupattur big tank is likely to touch its full storage capacity in a day or two,” he added.
