With comfortable storage levels at the Mettur dam in Salem district, the opening of the dam on the scheduled date, June 12, looks imminent, even though talk of advancing the date is doing the rounds.
Senior government officials say no decision has been taken as yet with regard to the opening of the dam.
As on May 16 2023, Mettur’s storage is around 70 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft), about 6 tmc ft short of the position on the corresponding day last year. The total capacity of the dam is 93.47 tmc ft.
