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Unseasonal rain ensures availability of drinking water for Ooty
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Major dams and reservoirs remain at more than 80% capacity
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Major dams and reservoirs remain at more than 80% capacity
Unseasonal rain in the Nilgiris has ensured that major dams and reservoirs that supply drinking water to Udhagamandalam town remain at more than 80% capacity.
According to officials from the Udhagamandalam Municipality, the storage level at the Parsons Valley Dam, the main reservoir supplying drinking water to Udhagamandalam town, stands at almost 42 feet, out of a total capacity of 50 feet during the third week of January.
“Unseasonal rain in November and December has ensured that water level at the dam is at higher capacity than last year, when the storage at the dam was at 31.80 feet,” said an official from the municipality.