The integrated reservoir management centre, designed to automate Chennai’s major reservoirs operations and upgrade real-time monitoring of their storage, is ready for commissioning.
The World Bank-aided ₹32-crore project, executed by the Water Resources Department (WRD), aims at mitigating floods, increasing response time, and facilitating transparency in sharing details about the reservoirs.
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin is expected to inaugurate the centre on Varuna Salai near Napier Bridge.
The waterbodies, which are prime sources of drinking water supply, now have a combined storage of 11,175 million cubic feet (mcft), which is 95% of their storage capacity.
WRD officials said a marginal amount of water was still being released from Chembarambakkam and Poondi reservoirs to balance storage. These waterbodies continue to receive inflow from catchment areas.
