Minister denies charge over release of dam water, says govt action saved lives
The New Indian Express|December 04, 2024
STOUTLY denying the charges of opposition parties that the state released a huge volume of water from Sathanur dam without issuing any warnings, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan on Tuesday said that had the government failed to release 1.80 lakh cusecs of water from the dam at an appropriate time, it would have resulted in a catastrophe.

"The state has protected the people by its timely action. Experts in water management and dam safety can understand this fact. Since the government assessed the situation in advance and took the precautionary step of releasing water, a huge loss of lives has been prevented. Had 1.8 lakh cusecs of water not been released, it would have caused huge danger to the dam and its entire capacity of 7 TMC water would have flown out," the minister said in a six-page statement.

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