The story so far: Water from the Mettur Dam in Salem district of Tamil Nadu is released on June 12 every year to facilitate timely water for the rice crops in the delta districts. Water from this ...

METTUR (SALEM): Chief minister of Tamil Nadu C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday released water from the Mettur Dam to meet the drinking water requirements and support samba cultivation in the Cauvery delta ...

CHENNAI: With the northeast monsoon approaching, the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (Metro Water) has ...

The Tamil Nadu government approached the Supreme Court on Sunday (August 30, 2026), seeking a direction to Karnataka to release 17.604 tmcft of water from the Cauvery River, the balance quantity as of ...

Across the delta, cultivators turned to borewells to raise kuruvai, but groundwater offered only a partial escape.The poor monsoon and absence of Cauvery water, which also helps recharge groundwater ...

Amid the ongoing row with Karnataka over water from Cauvery river, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay ordered release of water from Mettur Dam to fulfil drinking water needs and for Samba ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has achieved 1.05 crore (83.94 per cent) tap water connections out of the 1.25 crore households in the rural areas in 2024 but 50 per cent rural households in the selected ...

CHENNAI: The government has expanded free bus travel for persons with 40% or more disability, allowing them to travel free of cost across a wider range of city, town and mofussil bus services using ...

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Coimbatore, September 12 (Daily Kiran) : Water inflow at the Mettur Dam has sharply decreased, causing growing concern among farmers in the Cauvery Delta regarding irrigation for samba rice ...