Persons are ready for the arrival of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay for releasing water for delta irrigation from Stanley Reservoir in Mettur in Salem district in Tamil Nadu on September 1, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: E. Lakshmi Narayanan
With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay opening the Mettur dam for irrigation on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) and the federal government planning to take care of the discharge for 45 days initially, the main target is on how lengthy the authorities will be capable to proceed the discharge.
On Tuesday (September 1, 2026), the water degree stood at 91.56 ft with the storage being about 54.45 thousand million cubic toes (tmc ft). The dam’s full degree is 120 ft and the capability is 93.47 tmc ft.
Printed – September 01, 2026 11:22 am IST
