
Water level
The Hindu
MADURAI
The water level in Mullaperiyar dam stood at 136.30 feet (permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 1,126 cusecs and a discharge of 1,866 cusecs. In Vaigai dam, the level was 69.85 ft. (71 ft.) with an inflow of 1,678 cusecs and a discharge of 769 cusecs. The combined storage in Periyar credit was 10,607 mcft.
Rainfall recorded in the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. on Saturday was (in mm): Andipatti 20, Kuppanampatti and Marudhanadhi dam 10 each, Kodaikanal 2, Mullaperiyar dam 1 and Thekkady 0.6

The Ottiyambakkam panchayat had an harrowingly difficult time keeping people from swimming in the deadly quarry with its protruding rocks under the water. There had been many deaths. And then nature intervened, and the fatal accidents stopped. An invasive, floating weed that is a bane of water sources everywhere, the water hyacinth is not just tolerated in the quarry but welcomed












