One lakh 20 thousand cubic feet of water is being released from the Mettur dam due to continuous heavy rains in the Cauvery catchment area. 1 lakh 20 thousand cubic feet of water is coming to Mukkombu Melange in Trichy district.
Napier Bridge
In this case, there was a landslide near the Napier Bridge in the Kollid River and a barrage was built on the side of the bridge to prevent the bridge from collapsing. In this situation, due to excessive water coming in Kollidam river, a part of the barrage has broken up to about 200 meters.
barricade
A barrage was built only a few months ago to protect the Napier Bridge due to soil erosion. In this situation, the barrier was broken and it was shocking. Also, the concrete pillars of the high voltage tower near the Kollid Bridge were leaning.
They tied it with iron wire
Also, to strengthen the high voltage tower with steel wires to prevent it from tilting, the employees of the power board worked day and night and tied the high voltage tower with steel wire.
Leaned into the water
In the last moment, the high voltage tower fell into the water around one o’clock in the middle of the night as the speed of the water could not stand. Trichy Zonal Engineer, Superintending Engineers, Operators, Assistant Executive Engineers, Assistant Electrical Engineers, and Field Workers and Contract Workers did the work together.
Power cut
Since midnight, the entire surrounding area has been cut off. Due to this many people are suffering without electricity since midnight. All electrical workers are working from the field.
