Increased inflow into Mettur dam leads to higher water discharge into River Cauvery for delta irrigation, impacting tourism activities.

The Mettur Dam water level reached full capacity after heavy rains, has now reduced to 120 feet in Salem.

This comes as Karnataka began discharging 50,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) of water from the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam into the Cauvery River on Wednesday, following intense rainfall in the ...

Salem: The east and west bank canals connected to the Mettur dam were opened on Tuesday to meet irrigation requirements in Salem, Namakkal, and Erode .

Meanwhile, the inflow into the Stanley Reservoir in Mettur rose from 13,332 cubic feet on Wednesday evening to 18,290 cusecs on Thursday.

SALEM: The Mettur Dam reached its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 120 feet as of Sunday evening, following which authorities increased the water release from the dam from 26,000 to 58,000 cusecs. Of ...

Cauvery River Rising: Tamil Nadu issues flood alert in 10 districts as Mettur Dam nears full level amid heavy inflow from Karnataka.