Chennai to have one more reservoir by August
The Hindu
60% of the NABARD-funded project completed at Kattur-Thathamanji near Minjur
Work on building a new reservoir by improving the two tanks at Kattur-Thathamanji near Minjur is set to be completed by August. This is expected to augment Chennai's water supply and minimise impact of seawater intrusion in the area.
The Water Resources Department (WRD) has completedly nearly 60% of the work to increase the capacity of the two tanks, located nearly 40 km from Chennai, with funding from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). been completed.
At present, the height of the bund and removing silt has been taken up. Once completed, it would increase tanks’ storage capacity from the existing 58.27 million cubic feet (mcft) to 350 mcft. With a water spread area of over 257 hectares, the tanks irrigate about 648.73 hectares of land.