The official press note records Vijay opening the Mettur dam sluice gates on September 1 for Delta irrigation and drinking-water needs, with release planned for 45 days depending on reservoir storage and inflows. The statement also linked the decision to Tamil Nadu's legal position on Cauvery water, referring to the tribunal award and the Supreme Court's 2018 judgment. Opposition criticism, reported around the same update, focused on the delayed opening and whether 45 days would be enough after Kuruvai cultivation losses. TVK Tracker treats the development as an irrigation and Centre-state rights checkpoint. The next evidence is daily discharge data, water-reach reports from Delta districts, crop-stage impact, Karnataka inflow records, Cauvery Water Management Authority directions, compensation or advisory orders, and Assembly answers from the water resources and agriculture portfolios.
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