India, Dec. 14 -- For the first time in nearly 27 years, water in the three chief dams supplying drinking water to Chennai have reached their full reservoir level. Three other dams, too, are brimming with water as their levels have reached the maximum level, thanks to the northeast monsoon and cyclone Ditwah. The combined storage of water in all six dams accounted for a total of 12,273.40 mcft (million cubic feet), which is 92.83 per cent, on December 12, as against a storage of 10,068.42 mcft of water during the corresponding period last year.
Poondi and Puzhal dams have 100 per cent storage, while Chembarambakkam has 99.37 per cent water. As per the data available with the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, levels of w...