Bavanisagar Dam is decorated with colored lights on the model of Tricolor of the national flag in order to celebrate 75th I-Day. People from different parts of Erode district flock to the Dam to witness this spectacle. Similarly, important places of Erode and government offices are decorated with colored lights at night.
The dam is known as the second largest earthen dam in TN irrigating 2.47 acre in Erode, Tirupur, Karur districts. It has a capacity of 105 feet and the water level is at 102 feet now.
The inflow to the dam was 5400 cusecs today morning and the entire water was released in the Bavani river.