Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) The onset of the Northeast monsoon has begun to yield significant benefits for Tamil Nadu’s water resources, with nearly 2,000 additional irrigation tanks recording storage levels exceeding 75 per cent capacity over the last ten days.

According to data from the Water Resources Department, as of October 15, only 2,622 tanks across the State had storage above the 75 per cent mark.

By Saturday, this number had surged to 4,556 tanks – an increase of 1,934 within just 10 days. The figure also represents a substantial improvement compared to the same period last year, when 3,197 tanks had reached similar storage levels (as on October 21, 2024).

Of the total tanks that have achieved 100 per cent capacity, 396 are located in Kanniyakumari district, 266 in Tiruvannamalai,

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