Lower Bhavani canal shutter breaches; more than 10 acres of land submerged in water

ERODE: More than 10 acres of land was submerged in water after a shutter of the lower Bhavani canal breached at Semandampalayam near Gobichettipalayam in Erode district on Tuesday.
Public works department (PWD) officials rushed to the spot and blocked the seepage by placing logs and sand bags.
K Periasamy, a farmer in Semandampalayam village, said, “Suddenly water started gushing out through the breached shutter and land was submerged in water.”
Farmers who witnessed the flooding alerted PWD officials.
An official from PWD said that a new shutter will replace the old one at the earliest
Recently, Tamil Nadu government ordered PWD officials to release water from Bhavanisagar dam into the dam's Thadapalli-Arakkankottai canal and lower Bhavani canal for irrigation needs in Erode, Karur and Tirupur districts.
Based on the direction, officials were releasing 2,300 cusecs of water into both the canals on alternate days.