NE NEWS SERVICE
ERODE, AUG 6
Flood alert has been sounded in more than 20 villages in Sathyamangalam, Gobichettipalayam and Bhavani in Erode district on Thursday night.
Due to heavy rain in Udhagamandalam, over 50,000 cusecs of water were flowing into the Bhavani River, Revenue officials said on Thursday. The river water reaches Lower Bhavani Project Reservoir at Bhavanisagar.
The Public Works Department said 38,477 cusecs of water flowing into the Bhavani River reached the reservoir and the flow decreased to 35,067 cusecs during the day.
The level of the reservoir touched 92.77 feet against the full capacity of 105 feet.
The officials said if the inflow continues to increase and the level rises upto 100 feet, water would be released from the reservoir into the Bhavani River which would merge with Cauvery.
As a result of this, the villages on the downstreams of the Bhavani Sagar dam were issued red alert by the district administration. People living on the bank of the river were asked to move to safer places.
