SALEM: Cauvery water released from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam and Kabini dam in Karnataka reached Mettur dam in Salem on Wednesday.
“Around 10,244 cusecs of water- 5,244 cusecs of water from KRS dam and 5,000 cusecs from Kabini dam is being released from both the dams,” a PWD official said.
The water reached Biligundlu, the entry point of Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday night, crossed Hogenakkal in Dharmapuri district and entered Stanley Reservoir in Mettur on Wednesday morning.
The inflow to the dam stood at 686 cusecs until Wednesday morning and started increasing to 2,376 cusecs on the day.
“The volume of water (10,244 cusecs) released from the Karnataka dams would be reaching Mettur dam before Wednesday night,” the official said.
Meanwhile, the PWD officials released 10,000 cusecs of water from the dam for irrigation purposes in delta districts.
“The inflow level is lesser than the outflow level due to which the water level in the dam is fast depleting,” the official said, The current water level in the dam clocked at 89.36ft with 51.92 tmc of water storage.
Tamil Nadu: Cauvery water reaches Mettur dam in Salem
