With the ground water table depleting rapidly in view of the drought like conditions, Tiruchi Corporation has just begun to dig additional borewells on the river bed.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/check-dam-across-cauvery-be-ready-end-june
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiruchirapalli-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wells
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management