MADURAI THE HINDU MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016 CITY | 3 MADURAI Mar 14, Mon Mar 15, Tue Mar 16, Wed RISE 06 25 SET 18 28 RISE 06 24 SET 18 28 RISE 06 24 SET 18 28 RISE 10 53 SET 23 45 RISE 11 48 SET 00 00 RISE 12 42 SET 00 41 AROUND THE CITY Woman injured MADURAI: In a case of hurling a Molotov cocktail, a 40- year-old woman, S. Helen Mary, sustained injuries on her legs on Saturday midnight. Police said that S. Raja, brother-in-law of Helen, wanted his mother-in-law to transfer her house in his name. However, since Helen and her family were against his demand, Raja threw a lit bottle filled with kerosene on their house off Bodi Line in Ellis Nagar. S. S. Colony police are investigating. House break-in at K. Pudur Sixteen sovereigns of gold and over 100 gm of silver were missing from a locked house in Karpaga Nagar under K. Pudur police station limits. Police said that the house owner, S. Naganathasamy, had left the house on Friday and returned home on Saturday when he found the front door broken open and the valuables missing. K. Pudur police are investigating. 44,149 students to take SSLC exams Storage level in Vaigai dam dwindling STAFF REPORTER ment, girls and boys are al- The students will write the most equal in numbers in the examination in 124 centres in Drinking water distribution likely to be regulated in Madurai which has started experiencing the ‘heat’ already MADURAI: As many as 44,149 district. However, in Usilam- the district, of which 56 are in students from 463 schools in patti educational district, 53 Madurai Educational district, Madurai district will take per cent of the 9,292 students 40 in Melur educational dis- L. SRIKRISHNA 71 ft, the authorities are ex- apart from releasing water Corporation of Madurai has yet to take a final call on dis- SSLC examinations which are boys while in Madurai trict and 28 in Usilampatti amining various options to for irrigation, the Public inaugurated the Cauvery in- tribution of water. However, start on Tuesday. educational district, around educational district. There MADURAI: Madurai Corpora- mitigate water crisis during Works Department has to tegrated drinking water an official said they might be According to officials from 52 per cent of the 20,475 stu- are also six private centres in tion officials are contemplat- summer. provide water during Chiti- scheme, which has started in a position to assess only School Education depart- dents are girls. the district. ing regulation of drinking With 100 wards, the city rai festival when Lord Kal- benefitting some localities after the water for irrigation water distribution in the city. has already started experi- lazhagar enters Vaigai river in areas such as Koodal Na- was stopped. A PWD official Though there was nothing encing the ‘heat’ in remote in mid-April. gar, Avaniapuram, Silaiman, said that they would release official, plans were being and extension colonies. The daily distribution may Chintamani and water till March end follow- drawn up to supply water With the government’s revolve around 8 to 9 million Iravathanallur. ing turn-system. once in three or four days, re- commitment to release wa- litres. With the mercury Wary of any violation of The only good news is that liable sources said here on ter for irrigation to the aya- touching 37 degree Celsius, model code of conduct, the PWD officials recorded a Saturday. cutdars in the region, there the officials have also identi- elected representatives have rainfall of 14 mm in Periyar With dwindling water lev- has been a steady fall in the fied alternative sources from chosen to stay away from dam on Saturday, followed el in Vaigai dam, which stood storage Vaigai reservoir in where water could be drawn day-to-day administration by 19.6 mm on Sunday, while at 33.20 ft on Saturday the last 30 days. and distributed. and left decision making to the dry spell continued in against its maximum level of According to sources, The only solace is that the the officials. The officials are other parts of the region. 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