TIRUNELVELI: Due to heavy rain in the Western Ghats, reservoirs in Tirunelveli district have been receiving good inflow for the past four days.
On Sunday, the water level at Manimuthar stood at 60.28% (3,321 mcft), Papanasam at 45.9% (2,524 mcft), and Servalar- 40.55% (496 mcft).
Manimuthar Dam just had 31% of water in its total capacity on the same day last year. The inflow to the interconnected Papanasam and Servalar dams was 1,118 cusecs on Sunday morning, according to a report from the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.
The rainfall level in Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts declined in the daytime. Tirunelveli and Tenkasi recorded 6.9 mm and 8.2 mm of average rain, respectively.
Meanwhile, a 75-year-old woman, T Madathiammal, from Tirunelveli city, died after the wall of her house collapsed on her on Sunday. Though she was immediately rushed to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, she was declared dead on arrival.
Many streets in the Tirunelveli corporation were waterlogged, and the corporation mayor, G Ramakrishnan, and mayor Dr Monika Rani visited them and instructed the officials to take necessary steps to clear the stagnated water.
Due to heavy rain in Vadakkankulam near Valliyoor, water entered residential areas. Videos of water flowing through the streets went viral on social media. So far, four houses have been partly damaged due to the rain in Tenkasi.