Tamirabharani swells as discharge from dams goes up
The Hindu
709 out of the 1,200 irrigation tanks in Tirunelveli are overflowing: Collector
Even as 709 of the 1,200 irrigation tanks in the district are overflowing, thanks to the recent downpour, Tamirabharani experienced flood on Friday following discharge of over 25,000 cusecs of water from Papanasam and Servalar dams.
Speaking to reporters after visiting the flood control room at the Collectorate, Collector V. Vishnu said the widespread rain that lashed the district on Thursday had ensured good influx of water into these dams, which were about to overflow while Manimuthar dam had 63% water (3,363 mcft against its maximum capacity of 5,511 mcft).
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When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.