Alert in TN delta districts as major rivers swell, many places flooded
(WorldNews India)

More than 200 people were evacuated from Thavittupalayam village near Thirumukkudal in Karur district as floods inundated their houses and hundreds of acres of agriculture land on Thursday. Since the area falls at the confluence of the Cauvery, Bhavanisagar and Amaravthi rivers, the district administration has moved the people to safety. It is after 40 years that more than 3 lakh cusecs of water is being realized at Thirumukkudal. A flood alert has been sounded in 11 districts as the discharge from the Mettur, Bhavanisagar and Amaravathi dams was expected to go up, with Karnataka releasing 2.1 lakh cusecs from the Kabini and Krishnaraja Sagar dams into the Cauvery. The Central Water...