Heavy rain in the catchments of Mullaperiyar dam bring an inflow of over 10,000 cusecs resulting in an increase in the dam’s water level by five... ...
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/mullaperiyar-dam-sees-five-feet-rise-in-one-day-due-to-unseasonal-rain/articleshow/80288914.cmsToday the Vaigai river that flows through Madurai is bone dry within the city limits nearly 300 days a year, but for centuries it had sustained... ...
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/how-madurais-thirst-quencher-turned-dry/articleshow/79673800.cms