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16 TN reservoirs on red alert as storage nears full capacity
The New Indian Express Chennai
|October 22, 2025
THOUGH the northeast monsoon has only just begun, albeit with heavy rainfall across many places, major reservoirs in the state are already brimming with water.
As many as 16 have been placed under the “red alert” category, with storage levels hovering between 95% and 100% of their full capacity. Officials attribute the high storage to unseasonal rainfall prior to the onset of the monsoon and the state receiving nearly double the expected share of Cauvery water from Karnataka following heavy rainfall there.
According to data from the ‘Water Resources Department (WRD) accessed by TNIE, the combined storage in 90 reservoirs stood at 196.202 tmcft as of Tuesday — 87.46% of the total capacity of 224.343 tmcft.
This story is from the October 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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