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The Leader of Opposition and AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, connected Sunday (February 8, 2026), urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to reopen the Mettur dam to prevention the lasting paddy harvest successful antithetic parts of the delta districts.
Visiting the lasting paddy harvest raised connected a fewer fields astatine Vannarapettai connected Thanjavur and Tiruvaiyaru Bypass Road aft attending the wedding ceremonial of a enactment functionary astatine Tiruvaiyauru, helium said the harvest were yet to scope the harvest stage. They were withering successful a fewer areas owed to a abbreviated proviso of h2o for irrigation. Farmers had told him they would necessitate h2o for astatine slightest 20 days. Otherwise, the wealth and hard enactment spent by the farmers connected raising the harvest would go waste. Hence, the State authorities should reopen the Stanley reservoir for astatine slightest 20 days to prevention the crop, Mr. Palaniswami added.
Release of h2o for irrigation from Mettur Dam was stopped connected the accustomed day of January 28. The dam was opened connected the customary day of June 12, 2025 for the irrigation season. Currently, astir 2,000 cusecs is released from the dam for drinking h2o purposes. Demanding merchandise of water, farmers person been indulging successful sporadic protests successful antithetic areas.
