Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa orders water release from Amaravathi dam
Tiruppur and Karur districts stand to get benefit for irrigation purposes
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-09-21 20:24 GMT
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa has issued orders to release water from the Amaravathi dam for irrigation purposes with effect from Monday.
"Accepting the request from the locals, I have issued orders to release waters from the Amaravathi dam from September 22", she said in an official release.
About 47,117 acres in Tiruppur and Karur districts stand to get benefit for irrigation purposes, it said.