Chennai: After denying 1 tmc of water daily to Tamil Nadu from July 12 to 31, the Karnataka government forced to release over 25 tmc of surplus water in last 7 days following heavy rains in the catchment areas of Kabini and KRS dams. Mettur Dam water level shoots up to 76 ft from 43 ft during the period. Tamil Nadu has received more than 25 tmcft from Karnataka in the last 7 days.
Mettur dam will touch 100 feet.?
The current water level in Mettur dam is 82.00 feet and the water reserve is 43.97 TMC. 1,000 cubic feet of water per second is being released from the dam for drinking water needs. The water level of Mettur Dam has also continued to increase. The water level alone has doubled from less than 40 feet two weeks ago to 82 feet now. At present, the flow of water to Mettur dam has increased from 78,238 cubic feet per second to 79,682 cubic feet per second. The rise in water level by 7 feet in a single day has made the farmers happy.
Cauvery delta- the backbone of Tamil Nadu Agriculture
Cauvery plays an important role in agricultural production in Tamil Nadu. The river Cauvery originates in the Western Ghats region of Coorg in the state of Karnataka and enters Tamil Nadu through the districts of Kodagu, Mysore, Bengaluru, and Ramraj Nagar. Then the water flows into Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu and reaches Mettur Dam via Salem. 12 districts including Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Karur, Trichy, Thanjavur, and Tiruvarur will benefit from the water released from Mettur Dam.
For this, on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government, it is customary to release water from the Mettur Dam to the Cauvery Delta for irrigation on June 12 every year. But this year the Mettur Dam completely dried up and presented a spectacle as the water from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu was not opened. As Farmers were affected by this, the Tamil Nadu government had announced the Samba Synthesis Scheme for the farmers.
The water level of Mettur Dam, which plays an important role for agriculture, has doubled in a week. The water level, which has reached 80 feet at present, is expected to touch 100 feet soon if there is a similar flow of water in the coming days. Tamil Nadu States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
