Mettur Dam Water News

At 11.30 am on Tuesday, after an 80-day wait, the sluice gates of the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur opened and Cauvery water began flowing towards the delta, an annual passage that, for generations of farmers, has marked the beginning of an agricultural season

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Tuesday opened the sluice gates of the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur for irrigation in the Cauvery delta district. The water release is planned for 45 days from September 1, subject to the reservoir's storage levels and inflow