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"The water will help us." Officials celebrate as major reservoir reaches full capacity for first time this year: 'This is a ...
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 ...
Mettur Dam in Salem reaches full capacity of 120 feet, officials issue warnings to low-lying areas.
Salem: Mettur Dam is expected to hit its maximum capacity of 120 feet on January 1, 2025, Water Resources Department (WRD) officials said on Tuesday.
With water level in the Mettur Dam standing at 43.95 feet against the full reservoir level of 120 feet, shutters of the Dam will not be opened for delta irrigation on the customary date of June 12 ...
SALEM: Water level in Mettur dam has hit the 100-foot mark for the 71st time on Saturday morning since the inauguration of the reservoir in 1934. By 8pm Saturday, the water level went up to 103.7 ...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin released waters from the Mettur Dam today to irrigate the delta region. The water would help the Kuruvai crop across the 12 delta districts including Thanjavur ...
CHENNAI: In a bid to make use of the low water level, the Water Resources Department has decided to kick start desilting works of the Mettur dam by the end of May. The reservoir has not been ...
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 ...
The dam and reservoir, which are to take the designation “Stanley”, are located on the Cauvery River, 100 miles north-west of Trichino-poly and 180 miles south-west of Madras.
Salem: Hundreds of people thronged Nayambadi village to grab a view of the Nandhi statue of Jalagandeeswarar temple and the twin-church towers, which .