Water level at Mettur hits 17-year low

Samba now depends on monsoon and Cauvery inflow With Mettur dam almost empty as on Saturday, there may not be any cultivation of kuruvai short-term paddy crop this year in canal-irrigated areas in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and ...

It's not good news for delta farmers. For the second consecutive year, the Mettur reservoir will not be opened for irrigation as per schedule on June 12.

Tender Notice No: SE/MTPP/Stage-III/EA/F.Specn.No.02 /13-14/D. 202/13 Tender Value : NA Description :Tenders are invited for MTPP-Stage-III, 1x 600 MW- operating the Fa & ba silos equipments such as unloading rotary feeders, ash conditioner, ...

The Mettur stage III 600 MW plant started its trial generation on May 2012 and touched full load generation of 600 MW in October 2012. The newly constructed 600 MW Mettur stage III thermal power plant's trial run generation was stopped from Monday ...

DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday accused the State government of doing nothing about the receding prospects of kuruvai crop this year, and noted that this would be the second consecutive year that farmers would have to forgo the short-term ...

Dynasty, questing for water for his land; Prayed to the immortal Agasthya who Overturned his pot and made Cauvery flow Due East reaching fast Goddess Sampapathi And merge grandly with the sea close-by. The goddess of immense austerities Rose to ...

Although Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's announcement on extending 80 per cent subsidy for 2,000 solar-powered pumpsets has elicited hearty approbation from a number of farmers, they have a lurking fear on its efficacy as well. Mahadhanapuram V.

The government is ahead of schedule in the phased reduction of power cuts, Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Minister Natham R Viswanathan told the Assembly on Tuesday. He said power cuts had been reduced to one hour a day in rural areas while ...

on Wednesday. The detention orders were served to the respective persons on the same evening. On May 2, police arrested P Silambarasan (19), son of the party's Namakkal District (East) President OP Ponnusamy, his friends K Sekar (37) of ...