Mettur water release announced for Cauvery Delta irrigation

Daily Thanthi reported a state government announcement that water will be released from Mettur dam for 45 days from September 1, depending on storage and inflow, to support drinking-water needs and Cauvery Delta irrigation after a delayed season. The note says the 2026-27 irrigation year began with only 41.223 tmcft of usable storage and that water could not be supplied continuously earlier because Karnataka releases and reservoir levels were insufficient. TVK Tracker treats this as a practical water-security update, not a final solution to the Cauvery dispute. The next checks are actual discharge data, tail-end reach, crop area protected, district coordination, water-use advisories, and whether farmers receive compensation or alternate support where Kuruvai losses already occurred.