The water discharged into River Cauvery from Mettur Dam increased to 2.10 lakh cusecs on Thursday.
Following heavy rain in catchment areas and increasing water discharge from dams in Karnataka, the inflow into Stanley reservoir in Mettur also started to increase from July 31. As water level in Mettur dam is maintained at its full capacity of 120 feet, the inflow into the dam is completely discharged into River Cauvery.