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Transport Minister SS Sivasankar launches special desilt programme in...
State Minister SS Sivasankar said, the special desilt drive has been undertaken by the Water Resources Department to ensure free flow of water that...
Cyclone Fengal: WRD issues five flood alerts to Sathanur reservoir
3 Dec 2024After the water level touched safety storage limit of 117.50 ft, the officials released water from the reservoir judicially, from 18,500 cusecs to...
Eviction drive: Velachery residents protest biometric process
26 Nov 2024Over 900 buildings – both residential and commercial – have encroached on the waterbody, and untreated sewage has been discharged into the Velachery...
After copious rainfall, TN reservoirs over 60 pc full
18 Nov 2024The state’s 90 reservoirs currently hold 143.804 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water, accounting for 64.11 per cent of their total capacity...
First desilting planned for TN's largest reservoir Mettur dam, may...
9 Nov 2024The initiative aims to restore its full storage capacity which currently stands at 224.47 thousand million cubic feet (tmc).
Inflow into Hogenakkal surges to 35,000 cusecs after widespread rains
26 Oct 2024The officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD) monitored Biligundlu, the entry point of the Cauvery River into Tamil Nadu from Karnataka...
Rs 2.5L unaccounted cash seized from Corporation zonal office in...
20 Oct 2024Police are investigating the source of the cash and are questioning the staff.
Chennai rains: City reservoirs rise by 517 mcft in a day
16 Oct 2024The present storage in Red Hills is 2,326 mcft, an increase of 281 mcft in just the last 24 hours. The storage at Chembarambakkam reservoir, which...