CHENNAI: PWD officials said they would release water from the Chembarambakkam reservoir at the rate of 1,000 cusecs by noon today as Chennai and surrounding areas received heavy rain since Tuesday night due to cyclone Nivar.
The water level is expected to touch 22 feet around noon. The state government has ordered the PWD to release water once the level reaches 22 feet. The reservoir’s total capacity is 24 feet.
The Greater Chennai Corporation has sent assistant engineers and assistant executive engineers to the slum tenements on the Adyar river banks. Water from the Chembarambakkam lake will be released into the Adyar river. Alandur and Valasaravakkam are the two zones under watch.
Around 150 people will be relocated from Saidapet to relief centres. Around 30 people will be relocated from a slum tenement at Kotturpuram.
As many as 77 relief centres have been kept ready. More than 300 people have shifted to these centres. The zones that are under watch are Teynampet, Adyar, Kodambakkam.