All efforts to see tail end areas in delta get cauvery water

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Aug 20 2018 | 11:00 PM IST

: Tamil Nadu government tonight said all efforts are being taken to ensure that tail end areas in the Delta region soon receive excess Cauvery water released from the metter dam soon.

The statement came following complaints from a section of farmers from regions like Pattukottai, claiming that they had not received water.

A Coimbatore report said the inflow into Mettur dam has registered a decrease from two lakh cusecs, to 1.6 lakh cusecs.

As of 4 PM today, the inflow was 1.6 lakh cusecs and the outflow 1.608 lakh cusecs, compared to 2.05 lakh cusecs yesterday, they said.

The water level was 119.29 feet against the full level of 120 feet, the sources said
Parts of tamil Nadu are reeling under floods. The Cauvery is in spate, inundating low lying areas along the banks

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First Published: Aug 20 2018 | 11:00 PM IST

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