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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 …

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 …

SALEM: With very heavy inflows expected into Mettur reservoir near here in the wake of large quantities of water exceeding one lakh cusecs being released from Kabini and other reservoirs in upper riparian Karnataka, the Salem district administration on Saturday sounded a flood alert to all villages along the Mettur catchment area, hamlets in low-lying areas near the Stanley reservoir …

With reservoirs supplying water to Chennai drying up and ground water levels plummeting in absence of rain, water has become scarce but the government is taking necessary steps to supply drinking water to people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Tuesday. Interacting with reporters here, Palaniswami said that owing to failure of rains, the ground water levels have …