The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Farmers hope discharge of Cauvery water from Mettur will be stepped up ahead of Aadi Perukku
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S.Ganesan
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Farmers and local officials in Tiruchi are urging the government to increase water discharge from the Mettur dam. Current low water levels are threatening drinking water supplies and local festivities ahead of the Aadi Perukku festival.
With the yield from the city’s drinking water sources on the Cauvery and Kollidam riverbeds coming down in recent days, water managers of the city are hoping that the State government will order stepping up of the discharge from the Stanley Reservoir in Mettur to give a much-needed wetting to the dry riverbed ahead of the Aadi Perukku festival.
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