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Tamil Nadu
L. Renganathan
KARUR: It is a fearfully wonderful sight with the River Cauvery in full flow in its widest parts in Karur district after quite a few months. With the Mettur dam having been opened for delta irrigation and copious waters in the river, the district administration has issued a flood alert fearing excessive discharge. Significantly, the froth-filled ‘freshes’ replete with water hyacinth and other vegetation sailed down the river as water released from the Bhavanisagar sam entered the district ahead of the water from Mettur dam, which is expected on Friday morning. As the Mettur dam level touched 115 feet on Thursday evening and more than 1.17 lakh cusecs flowed into the dam, the Public Works Department authorities informed the district administrations along the course of the river of the discharge from the dam. In line with that advisory, the Karur district administration has issued a flood alert advising people living along the banks of the river and in low-level areas not to venture into the river. Also, the Revenue Department officials have been put on alert and other departments have been advised to evacuate men and material involved in works on the riverbed. Farmers apprehensive
While farmers in Kulithalai and Krishnarayapuram areas are happy that water was flowing down the river and that they could irrigate their annual crops such as sugar cane, banana and betel vine raised in the South Bank Canal, Kattalai High Level Channel and Cauvery irrigated areas, they are also apprehensive of the quantum of water being released and the time for which water would be made available over and above the present huge quantum expected from Mettur. The public were happy that with the arrival of the Tamil month of ‘Adi,’ Cauvery was in spate. Eager crowds stopped by bridges at Thavuttupalayam and Kulithalai to behold and enjoy the awesome sight of the river in full flow. Authorities fear that the discharge from Mettur Dam might cross 50,000 cusecs in the coming days and said that they were working towards meeting the situation arising out of that event. Sand supply hit
With the water flowing down the river to its brim, all sand quarries in Karur district have been shut. The numerous sand-laden lorries that make a beeline out of Karur towards Coimbatore and other destinations dwindled to a significantly lesser number. Traders complained that from Wednesday only three-quarters of the usual quantum was loaded at the quarries. Now sand supplies have fully ended. Sand supplies not just to stations in Tamil Nadu but also to destinations in Kerala have been paralysed. Of the estimated 2,000 lorry loads that leave the sand quarries in Tiruchi and Karur districts every day, over 250 lorries were Kerala-bound. Most of the lorries have suspended operations.
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