Heavy rains in Karnataka have increased the flow of water in Cauvery. Mettur dam is full and water has been opened. But due to the lack of adequate dams in Tamil Nadu, Cauvery water is getting wasted in the sea. Following this, the opposition parties are urging the Tamil Nadu government to build barrages to save Cauvery water.
BAMAK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has also urged the Tamil Nadu government in that regard. In the tweet posted by him in this regard, the dams built across the Cauvery in Karnataka are full and the Mettur dam is getting too much water, so 1.70 lakh cubic feet of water per second is being released into the Cauvery in addition to the water coming into the dam. Through this, 15 TMC of Cauvery water per day is wasted in the sea. This waste of Cauvery water brings tears.
The amount of water required for the drinking water requirement of Chennai in a year is -15 DM,.C. Tamil Nadu Govt wastes one year’s water in Chennai in one day Tamil Nadu Government’s annual water requirement for Dharmapuri – Cauvery Surplus Water Project is 2 TMC. The Tamil Nadu government wastes this water in just 3 hours. Amount of water required for Mettur Surplus Water Project (Mettur – Sarabanga) – 0.555 TMC. The Tamil Nadu government wastes this water in just 50 minutes.
The amount of water required for the Athikadavu-Avinasi project is 1.5 TMC and the Tamil Nadu government wastes this water in just two and a quarter hours. The amount of water required for the Cauvery-Vaikai-Gundaru Linkage Project is 6.30 TMC. The Tamil Nadu government wastes this water in just 10 hours.
A 10 km barrage should be built across the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers with the aim of storing the extra water that comes to the Mettur Dam during floods to some extent. continues to insist. But, instead of doing that, the Tamil Nadu government is setting up a sand quarry every 10 km. When will Tamilnadu government wake up? When will the dams be built? Thus Anbumani Ramadoss He said in his statement.
