Valparai Rain

Holiday

On account of Storm of Ghaja holiday has been announced for schools at Valparai.

Valparai Aug:20, In Valparai Rain is becoming severe day by day. Heavy rains for the past 4 days battered the hill town of Valparai. The rivers in the hill town are flooding. In the last three days, Valparai was experiencing heavy rain.

From Sunday, Koozhangal, Sholayar, Nadumalai and Vazhaithottam rivers are flooding. Since Vazhaithottam is a living area. River water entered the low lying houses and surrounded more than 150 houses

Storage

Sholayar Dam after nearly 4 years has a full storage now.

Rain has improved the storage in many of the reservoirs in the district including those under the Parambikulam – Aliyar Project (PAP) and in Siruvani that caters to the drinking water requirements of Coimbatore district.