Arumbavur and three irrigation tanks fill up in Perambalur district

The Arumbavur Big Tank surplussing in Perambalur district. Many irrigation tanks in Perambalur district are getting good inflows as the Northeast monsoon has been active over the past week.Four irrigation tanks, including the Arumbavur big tank, one of the major tanks in the district, have already filled up.Situated at Arumbavur village in Veppanthattai taluk in the district, the tank has a storage capacity of 52.63 million cubic feet (mcft) of water. With a water spread area of about 220.40 acres, the maximum water storage level in the tank is 3.75 metres. The tank has an ayacut of 563.33 acres. The Water Resources Department (WRD) had taken up renovation of the waterbody at an estimated cost of ₹3.41 crore earlier this year.The tank gets inflows from the Kallar flowing from Pachamalai hills. The surplus flows from Arumbavur big lake flows into Arumbavur small lake.According to sources in the WRD, which has 73 tanks and two reservoirs under its control in the district, the Sathanavadi, Vengalam Chinnaeri and Thiruvalanthurai tanks have also filled up in the district. The Pangadapadi tank had more than 80% storage, while the Keeravadi, Thondapadi, Peraiyur, V.Kalathur Westt and Kurumbalur tank have 71-80% storage.The Arumbavur Chinnaeri and the Perambalur East and West tanks had 51-70% storage. Thirteen other thanks in the district had 26 to 50% storage while 47 other tanks had less than 47% storage.The good inflows to the tanks has come as some relief to farmers of the drought prone district, which is a major onion and maize growing belt in the state.The Viswakudi reservoir, built across the Kallar in Veppanthattai block, had a storage of 25.3 mcft against its capacity of 43.42 mcft. The storage at Kottarai Dam, the other reservoir in the district, had 112.24 mcft against its full level of 212.47 mcft, WRD sources said. Published - October 27, 2026 07:40 pm IST