Jal Pralay: Water surrounds half of the India in all its states
- 5 years ago
As the water level in Mettur reservoir further soared to 94.250 feet, the mood among lakhs of farmers in the Cauvery delta districts turned buoyant.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s annoucement in the assembly on Thursday that the Mettur dam will be opened on the Independence day,( 15 August) for irrigating the samba crops renewed hopes of a harvest in the delta region this year.
The water released from the Mettur reservoir in Salem district irrigates the paddy farms in 12 delta districts of Tamil Nadu. Every year, the massive shutters of the Mettur dam are lifted on 12 June and water is discharged till 28 January to irrigate the farm lands. This June, storage in the dam was woefully poor and the eager farmers were forced to miss the much-awaited 12 June release of water.
However, the monsoon picked up momentum over the last fortnight. Storage in Mettur now stands at a comfortable 57.664 tmc while the dam is just 26 feet short of reaching its full height of 120 feet. The inflow into the reservoir was about 22,120 cusecs.
According to the Cauvery Farmers’ Protection Committee secretary, Swamimalai Vimalnathan, the Chief Minister’s announcement has brought cheers among the farmers who were getting ready for the Samba cultivation.
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s annoucement in the assembly on Thursday that the Mettur dam will be opened on the Independence day,( 15 August) for irrigating the samba crops renewed hopes of a harvest in the delta region this year.
The water released from the Mettur reservoir in Salem district irrigates the paddy farms in 12 delta districts of Tamil Nadu. Every year, the massive shutters of the Mettur dam are lifted on 12 June and water is discharged till 28 January to irrigate the farm lands. This June, storage in the dam was woefully poor and the eager farmers were forced to miss the much-awaited 12 June release of water.
However, the monsoon picked up momentum over the last fortnight. Storage in Mettur now stands at a comfortable 57.664 tmc while the dam is just 26 feet short of reaching its full height of 120 feet. The inflow into the reservoir was about 22,120 cusecs.
According to the Cauvery Farmers’ Protection Committee secretary, Swamimalai Vimalnathan, the Chief Minister’s announcement has brought cheers among the farmers who were getting ready for the Samba cultivation.
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