Tamil Nadu: Water flow in Mettur dam increased
Tamil Nadu : The water level of Mettur Dam has started rising again gradually.
The catchment areas of Cauvery and its tributaries Palaru, Chinnaru and Thoppaiyar are receiving rains. The amount of water in Mettur Dam has increased due to the rains.
The inflow of water into Mettur Dam was 1,361 cubic feet per second yesterday morning, which has increased to 3,306 cubic feet per second this morning.
Water is being released from the dam at the rate of 1,000 cubic feet per second for drinking water needs.
The water level of Mettur Dam has recovered from its fall and has started rising gradually as the inflow of water is more than the inflow of water.
Due to increased inflow of water, the water level of Mettur Dam, which was 108.06 feet yesterday morning, has increased to 108.18 feet this morning. The water storage of the dam is 75.84 TMC.
Farmers in the Cauvery delta are happy as water inflow into the Mettur dam has increased.
