Chennai: Students of the Hydrology and Water Resources Department, Indian Institute of Technology, on Wednesday conducted a measurement of water flow in river Cooum in light of recent rains.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Balaji D, one of the students, who led the measurement said that the department conducted it as a commissioned exercise which was done to determine the increase in water levels of the river. “Right now we measured the amount of water flowing in the river, if or if it has not increased because of the recent rains,” he said.
Four teams, each consisting of four people, research associates and MTech students conducted the measurement with the help of associate professor Balaji Narasimhan.
Based on the recorded data, river swelling, flooding and other such details can be forecast, Balaji said. Since the rainfall isn’t heavy right now, there isn’t much difference, he added.
A similar exercise was also conducted in 2017, Balaji said, adding that the swelling of the river and thereby moving of encroachments along the Cooum were conducted.
