Water-flow in Stanley Reservoir of Coimbatore reaches 100 feet

With the onset of rains, dams are getting filled up in southern India. “The water level has reached 100 feet as against its full reservoir capacity of 120 feet exactly at 12 noon,” said PWD officials. The inflow of water was at 35,000 cusecs and the discharge was affirmed at 20,000 cusecs for delta irrigation, while the discharge through canals was 850 cusecs on Friday morning. The dam’s water level, which reached at 89.77 feet on September 21, rose up to reach 100 feet within the last four days following heavy discharge from Karnataka.[Readmore]