Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa orders release of Cauvery water
Posted on: 30/Jul/2013 10:51:20 AM
The public works department has been instructed by the Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to open the shutters of Mettur dam on August 2, instead of the earlier scheduled date of August 12, since the reservoir is expected to reach the full storage level of 120 feet by August 3.
The inflow into Mettur has increased by 14tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) thanks to the heavy rains lashing the catchment areas of the Cauvery river in Karnataka. Karnataka has released the surplus water of about 90,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) in the last two days.
Jayalalithaa ordered the release of 4,000 cusecs of water in addition to the 6,000 cusecs of water being released for drinking water schemes and Aadi Perukku, a religious festival celebrated on the banks of the Cauvery.
