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2 days, 14 hours ago

CWRC directs TN to remain watchful of its water usage from Mettur reservoirs

The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee has advised the Tamil Nadu government to be cautious about water use from its Mettur reservoirs as the northeast monsoon is about to end and the reservoir level is almost five per cent lesser than normal. However, Karnataka has so far released 279.8 thousand million cubic feet of Cauvery water as against the required 161.41 …

Karnataka Tamil Nadu Water Tmc Mettur Frl Cwrc

1 week, 1 day ago

Mettur dam nears full capacity

New Indian Express

MAYILADUTHURAI: With the Mettur dam nearing maximum capacity following the heavy rains last week and the surplus water being released into the Kollidam, the district administration in Mayiladuthurai has advised residents in vulnerable areas along the river to shift to safety. According to the water resources department, the storage level of the Mettur dam on Saturday stood at 117 feet …

Cauvery Cusecs Mettur Dam Dam Nears

2 weeks, 3 days ago

MDMK leader writes to railways, seeks additional stoppages at Mettur station, new train to Chennai

New Indian Express

TENKASI: Keezhapavoor union councillor and MDMK’s Tenkasi district secretary Rama Udayasuriyan sought additional train stoppages and platforms at Mettur railway station, on the Tirunelveli-Kollam, in a petition to the Madurai divisional railway manager on Thursday. Udayasuriyan said the Mettur station, a key railway hub since the inception of the Kerala-Tamil Nadu railway link, catered efficiently to around 50 villages in …

Kerala Chennai Station Mettur Tenkasi Express Train

3 months ago

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

The Hindu

Water level in Mettur dam stood at 107.55 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Thursday. Power shutdown September 20 Hasthampatti and Omapur sub stations : Hasthampatti, Gandhi Road, Kumarasamipatti, Maravaneri, Manakadu, Chinna Tirupathi, Ramanathapuram, Kannankurichi, Pudhu Yeri, Housing Board, Kollapatti, Gorimedu, Kondappanaickenpatti, Ramakrishna Road, Alagapuram, Rajaram Nagar, Sankar Nagar, Kambar Street, Bharathi Nagar, Four Roads, Mitta Pudur, …

Mettur Dam

3 months, 1 week ago

Water level in Mettur Dam increases to 111.75 feet

The Hindu

Water level at Mettur Dam stood at 111.75 feet on Saturday against its full capacity of 120 feet. Six arrested for ration rice smuggling in Salem A special team of the Civil Supplies CID arrested six people for smuggling PDS rice in Salem on Friday. The police arrested six suspects, identified as D. Chinna Raja of Neermulli Kuttai; C. Rama …

Ration Rice

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

The Hindu

Mettur dam’s water level stood at 115.93 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Sunday. Vinayaka idols immersed in water bodies in Salem In Salem district, 1,970 Vinayaka idols were installed with police permission on Saturday. On Sunday, various outfits immersed Vinayaka idols in the water bodies at Mettur, Edappadi, Kalvadangam, Vazhapadi, Sankagiri, Attur, and Thalaivasal. In Salem …

Salem Vinayaka Idols Idols Immersed Mettur

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inflow into Mettur dam increases

The Hindu

Water level in Mettur dam stood at 115.82 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Sunday. Officials attached to the Water Resources Department said that following rain in catchment areas and water discharged from Karnataka dams, over 25,000 cusecs of water reached Biligundlu on Sunday and that water will reach Mettur dam by night and inflow will further …

Water Salem Mettur Dam Mettur

4 months ago

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur

The Hindu

The water level in the Stanley Reservoir continues to be maintained at its full reservoir level of 120 feet as the entire inflow of 12,500 cusecs continued to be discharged for irrigation here on Wednesday. At 8 a.m., the water and storage levels were at full capacity, measuring 120 feet and 93.47 tmc ft respectively. Meanwhile in Erode, water level …

Water Level Cusecs Water Level Tmc Ft 120 Feet

4 months ago

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

The Hindu

Mettur dam’s water and storage levels stood at their full capacities of 120 feet and 93.47 tmc ft respectively on Sunday. Elderly man murdered in Rehabilitation centre in Namakkal Thangaraj of Kodumudi in Erode district, who was at a private rehabilitation centre at Rasipuram in Namakkal district for mentally disturbed people, sustained grievous injuries in a clash between two persons …

Erode Nigerian Water Tank Erode District Rasipuram

4 months, 1 week ago

Mettur Dam in Salem reaches full capacity of 120 feet for second time this year

The Hindu

The Stanley Reservoir in Mettur in Salem, Tamil Nadu, attained its capacity of 120 feet for the second time this year on Monday. The Mettur dam previously attained its capacity on July 30 as heavy rains lashed its catchment areas. The water level was maintained for the next 10 days, during which the inflow into the dam was discharged into …

Dam Mettur 120 Feet Water Discharged

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Biryani to the rescue: Drone feeds stranded dogs in Tamil Nadu's flooded Cauvery river

Hindustan Times

Fire and rescue services personnel fed biryani to a pack of seven dogs who were left stranded on a stretch of land in the midst of a flooded Cauvery River near the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu using a drone. The predicament of the stranded canines was brought to light on Thursday after drone footage showing water rushing out of …

Drone River Cauvery Mettur Stranded Dog

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mettur discharge at 1.7L cusecs; 250 moved to safety

New Indian Express

ERODE: The discharge of water from the Mettur dam into the Cauvery river was increased to 1.7 lakh cusecs on Wednesday evening as the inflow continued to surge. As a result, 250 people living in low-lying areas along the banks of the river in Namakkal and Erode districts were moved to relief shelters. Namakkal collector S Uma inspected the river …

Cauvery River Namakkal River Water

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mettur full after 2 yrs, 82k cusecs being released

New Indian Express

ERODE: With Mettur dam reaching its full capacity of 120 feet on Tuesday, CM MK Stalin on Tuesday ordered the release of water from the dam through the east and west canals. Officials from Water Resources Department said the quantity of water released was increased to 66,000 cusecs at 7 pm and to 81,500 cusecs at 8 pm on Tuesday. …

Water Dam Release Cusecs Mettur Its Full Capacity

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Water released from Mettur reaches Mukkombu

The Hindu

Water released in the Cauvery from the Stanley Reservoir in Mettur reached the Upper Anicut on the outskirts of Tiruchi on Tuesday. Tiruchi District Collector M. Pradeep Kumar has urged people living along the banks of the Cauvery and the Kollidam to move to safe places as about 75,000 to 1.25 lakh cusecs of surplus water could be discharged from …

Water Farmers Tiruchi River Cauvery Mettur Mukkombu

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu: Mettur dam level crosses 118 ft, 23K cusecs water released

New Indian Express

SALEM/DHAMAPURI: As water level in Mettur dam crossed 118.410 feet at 8 pm on Monday, authorities increased the discharge for delta irrigation from 12,000 cusecs from Sunday evening to 23,000 cusecs. An official said, “As the water level kept rising significantly, we increased discharge volume to 20,000 cusecs on Monday morning. It was further increased to 23,000 cusecs in the …

Water Level Cusecs Water Level

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mettur level may touch 100 ft soon

New Indian Express

SALEM/DHARMAPURI: Water level in Mettur dam has gone up by 11 feet in four days, from 83.98 feet on Tuesday to 94.32 feet by Friday, due to increase in water discharge from Cauvery basin reservoirs in Karnataka. The water inflow at Hogenakkal has touched 98,000 cusecs on Friday evening and over 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh cusecs of water is …

Karnataka Water Dam Mettur Dam Water Level Mettur 100 Feet

4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Don’t open Mettur before August 3rd week’

New Indian Express

THANJAVUR: Amid demands for urgent release of River Cauvery water for irrigation following the significant rise in inflow into the Mettur dam over the past 10 days, several farmers in the delta region and experts say it would be prudent to defer any plans of opening the reservoir’s sluices till the third week of August to ensure a successful samba …

Dam Mettur

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu Mettur Dam level rises to 83 feet, water release only after it touches 100 feet

New Indian Express

SALEM: The water level at Mettur Dam has risen to 83.980 feet, driven by inflow of 72,731 cusecs, from Karnataka. Authorities stated water would be released for delta irrigation only if level crosses 100 feet. An official from the Water Resources Department stated that water level, which was at 44.62 feet against a full capacity of 120 feet last week, …

Dam Feet Mettur Dam Stated Water

6 months, 1 week ago

After 5 years, Mettur dam misses its customary date of water release for irrigation

The Hindu

The opening of the Mettur dam in Salem, for irrigation in the Cauvery delta missed its customary date of June 12 this year. Meanwhile, the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee ’s meeting, the first during the current water year of 2024-25, has been postponed to June 14 from June 13, in view of the preoccupation of officials of the Tamil Nadu …

Tamil Nadu Water State Date Dam Release Cauvery

6 months, 1 week ago

Mettur dam not to open on its customary date of June 12

The Hindu

The shutters of the Mettur Dam will not be opened for delta irrigation on the customary date of June 12 this year. The dam’s shutters are typically opened on June 12 each year, depending on water availability, and remain open until January 28 of the following year. The released water irrigates 17.32 lakh acres of land, including 5.26 lakh acres …

Water Open Tmc Mettur Dam Delta Irrigation

6 months, 1 week ago

Flow of Mettur water to Chennai reduced

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: The State government has ordered the reduction in the release of water from the Mettur reservoir to Chennai city from 2,100 cusecs to 1,500 cuses, which could impact the water supply position in the State capital. An official press release said on Tuesday that release of water through River Cauvery and River Coleroon to the Veeranam Lake, from where …

Chennai Water State Mettur

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mettur inflow plunges; water supply will not be hit

New Indian Express

ERODE : THE inflow to Mettur reservoir dropped to a mere five cusecs on Wednesday. However, the Water Resources Department officials said drinking water requirements could be met for more than 100 days with the existing water available. In particular, 174 combined drinking water projects depend on this dam across the state. At present, 2,200 cusecs of water from the …

Water Drinking Dam Mettur

10 months ago

Cauvery pact: a controversial journey

The Hindu

M. Visvesvaraya, rightly called engineer-visionary, came up with a proposal in October 1910 to build a reservoir, now called Krishnarajasagara. The takeaway of the award was the nod to the upper riparian State’s plan of constructing KRS with a full reservoir level of 124 ft and capacity of 41.5 tmc ft. Madras, which had about 1.5 million acres of land …

Agreement Project State Mysore Award Madras Tmc

1 year ago

Farmers demand release of water from Mettur

The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India, and the Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee have stressed the need to release water from the Stanley Reservoir, Mettur, to prevent withering of the standing ‘samba’ crop. Masilamani demanding the immediate release of water for irrigation from the Mettur dam, the coordinator of CRRC, P. Maniarasan, in a statement …

Water State Release Mettur

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CWRC directs TN to remain watchful of its water usage from Mettur reservoirs

Mettur dam nears full capacity

MDMK leader writes to railways, seeks additional stoppages at Mettur station, new train to Chennai

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

Water level in Mettur Dam increases to 111.75 feet

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

Inflow into Mettur dam increases

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

Mettur Dam in Salem reaches full capacity of 120 feet for second time this year

Biryani to the rescue: Drone feeds stranded dogs in Tamil Nadu's flooded Cauvery river

Mettur discharge at 1.7L cusecs; 250 moved to safety

Mettur full after 2 yrs, 82k cusecs being released

Water released from Mettur reaches Mukkombu

Tamil Nadu: Mettur dam level crosses 118 ft, 23K cusecs water released

Mettur level may touch 100 ft soon

‘Don’t open Mettur before August 3rd week’

Tamil Nadu Mettur Dam level rises to 83 feet, water release only after it touches 100 feet

After 5 years, Mettur dam misses its customary date of water release for irrigation

Mettur dam not to open on its customary date of June 12

Flow of Mettur water to Chennai reduced

Mettur inflow plunges; water supply will not be hit

Cauvery pact: a controversial journey

Farmers demand release of water from Mettur