The Karnataka government has released 19,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, PWD officials at the Mettur dam near Salem, Tamil Nadu said today.
The water, released this noon, was expected to reach the Stanely reservoir in Mettur tomorrow night, they said.
While 16,000 cusecs was released from Kabini reservoir, 3,000 cusecs was discharged from the Krishnarajasagar dam, sub-divisional officer of the Stanely reservoir, S Kumarasamy said quoting information received from Karnataka PWD officials.
The Mettur dam, the lifeline of Cauvery delta farmers of Tamil Nadu, was opened for irrigation only yesterday, well behind the customary date of June 12 owing to low storage.
As per the interim award of the inter-state Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal, Karnataka has to release 205 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu in a year.
The water level in Mettur dam today stood at 82.27 feet against the maximum level of 120 feet. The inflow was 4,608 cusecs and the outflow 12,000 cusecs.
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