The water discharged into the River Cauvery from Mettur dam increased to two lakh cusecs on Thursday.
Following heavy rain in catchment areas and water discharged from dams in Karnataka increased, the inflow into Mettur dam also began to increase from July 31. As Mettur dam is maintained at its capacity of 120 feet, the inflow into the dam is completely discharged into River Cauvery.
For the 20th consecutive day, the dam's water level stood at its capacity of 120 feet on Thursday. At 8 a.m., the inflow into the dam increased to 1.58 lakh cusecs from Wednesday's inflow of 1.41 lakh cusecs. The amount of water discharged into the River Cauvery also increased to 1.75 lakh cusecs. For canal irrigation, the water discharged through the East-West Bank canal is maintained at 500 cusecs.
