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Water from Mettur
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- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami opened water from Mettur dam to Delta region for Kuruvai irrigation purpose.
- This is the 17th time water is being discharged from the Mettur dam on the customary date of June 12.
- In the history of Mettur dam, only 16 times (years) water was discharged on the customary date of June 12.
- Earlier in 2008 (exactly 12 years ago), water from Mettur dam was discharged on the customary date of June 12.
- From August 13, 2019 to till date (June 12, 2020), the dam is having 100 ft water for the past 305 days.
- In the year 2005-06, for 427 days, the water level in the Mettur dam did not go below 100 ft.
- Through this, 16.05 lakhs acre of farm land in 12 district of Delta region including Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruchy, Karur, Perambalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudhukottai and Nagapattinam, will get irrigation facility.
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