Residents threaten poll boycott
Residents of Vannathipatty village at Pennagaram near here have threatened to boycott local body polls demanding road facility. Barely hours after the announcement of the dates for the polls, the villagers in Mankarai Panchayat here have declared poll boycott, in protest against non-laying of road. The residents have alleged that the road was promised before the last local body elections, but was never laid. The lack of road has affected school goers, and the dead alike as there was no pathway for burial ground, the locals have alleged.
Mettur water level
The water level in Mettur Dam stood at 83.39 feet on Monday against its full level of 120 feet. The storage level stood at 45.419 tmc against the full capacity of 93.47 tmc. The inflow into the dam was 634 cusecs and the discharge for farm activities, 12,000 cusecs.
