TNPSC Thervupettagam

Water release from Mettur dam

March 15 , 2023 623 days 679 0
  • In 2022, the highest-ever quantum of excess water (440.76 tmcft) being released from the Mettur dam.
  • This is the highest quantity since it was built in 1934.
  • The amount of surplus water let out was over 4.7 times the dam’s capacity.
  • The total surplus quantum in the last 88 years was about 3,614 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft).

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