Repair faulty shutters of Amaravathi Dam on priority, farmers tell WRD

FARMERS have urged the Water Resources Department to urgently repair the two defective shutters of the Amaravathi Dam in Udumalaipet as the water level rose by 14 feet in two days with the onset of the monsoon.

- P SRINIVASAN @Tiruppur

The shutters need to be functional as water may have to be released if the dam fills up if heavy rain continues for a few more days.

The dam across the Amaravathi River in Amaravathi Nagar has nine shutters.

Around 54,637 acres of agricultural land in Tiruppur and Karur districts are dependent on water from the dam. Also, several joint drinking water schemes rely on the Amaravathi River and the main canal.

A senior official from the Water Resources Department told TNIE that the work would be completed within a week.