R. Vaithilingam directed officials of agriculture department to be in touch with farmers
Young girls enjoy the rain at Koyambedu in Chennai on Thursday. (Photo: DC)
CHENNAI: With ministers and collectors on a spree conducting review meetings on monsoon-related arrangements, on Thursday, it was the turn of agriculture and housing minister R. Vaithilingam to review issues at a high-level meeting at the secretariat.
He directed officials of agriculture department to be in touch with farmers and advise them on water saving techniques.
Meanwhile, with the northeast monsoon gaining momentum, several parts of western and southern Tamil Nadu housing all four major tiger reserves received good rains. However reservoirs in Tamil Nadu located inside forests were filling at a relatively lesser pace due to previous deficit rainfall since last month, official sources said.
On Thursday morning, the level in Mettur reservoir stood at 66.95 feet against the full level of 120 feet. Inflow was 20,684 cusecs while discharge was 1000 cusecs, PWD officials said.
In Chennai, the total water storage level of all four reservoirs stood at a meagre 393 mcft, which is less than five per cent of the total storage capacity of 11057 mcft.
During the corresponding period last year, storage in all the four reservoirs Poondi, Redhills, Chembarambakkam and Cholvaram stood at 2,530. mcft, Metro water sources said.
Heavy rains lashed various parts of Tamil Nadu with K. Paramathi recording the highest rainfall of 15 cm in the last 24 hours ended on Thursday morning. Erode, Thoothukudi, Coimbatore received good rainfall.
The regional meteorological centre has forecast rain or thundershower at a few places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala for the next 24 hours.
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