Water release from Mettur dam begins for cultivation
The Tamil Nadu government began releasing water from the Mettur Dam to the Cauvery delta districts at 3 pm on Sunday due to heavy inflows from Karnataka.
This move aims to support irrigation for ‘kuruvai’ crops and aid ‘Aadiperukku’ festival celebrations.
Inflow to the dam increased to 1.51 lakh cusecs, and the water in the dam is expected to reach the full reservoir level of 120 feet in one or two days. The inflow had increased to 1.34 lakh cusecs at 8 a.m. on Sunday from 1.23 lakh cusecs as of Saturday.
By noon, it rose to 1.47 lakh cusecs and at 4 p.m., it stood at 1.51 lakh cusecs.
The dam’s water level stood at 110.76 feet, and the storage, 79.49 TMC, as against the full capacity of 93.47 TMC. In the last 24 hours till Sunday 4 p.m., the dam’s water and storage levels rose by nine feet and 12 TMC respectively.