Amaravathy water level reaches the brim, despite releasing 4.5 tmc of surplus water

Amaravathy dam in Tiruppur district reaches full capacity, benefiting farmers and residents with surplus water supply.

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Amaravathy dam in Udumalpet taluk of Tiruppur district has reached the brim, despite releasing the surplus water of 4.5 tmc.

The Amaravathy dam was constructed with a height of 90 ft Full Reservoir Level and with a water holding capacity of 4 tmc to irrigate 55,000 acres in Tiruppur and Karur districts. Chinnaru and Thenaru rivers from the Western Ghats and Silandhi river and Pambaru from Kerala serve as a water resource for the Amaravathy dam.

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Farmers in both the districts have been cultivating sugarcane, plantains, maize, millets and vegetables. Until two years, the dam used to go dry affecting irrigation and resulting in water scarcity for more than 50 comprehensive drinking water supply schemes. But, for the last two years the dam’s water level always remained to the brim.

The Amaravathy reservoir with a capacity to hold 4 tmc of water has been released through the nine sluices and the water discharged was 24,000 cusecs and still water level remained at the brim, bringing joy among the farming community and the residents who source drinking water from the schemes.