A flood alert was today sounded to people living on the banks of Bhavani river in the district and downstream areas to move to safer places following release of surplus water from the Piloor dam.
The dam received inflow of 10,000 cusecs due to copious rains in the catchment areas in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts and it may result in overflow,official sources said.
As a precautionary measure,6,000 cusecs was released into the river, a release from District Collector T N Hariharan said
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