Water discharged from Mettur reached Karaikal on Wednesday night. Public Works Department officials and elected representatives offered flowers as a token of gratitude to the Cauvery. About 200 cusecs of water was let out from the Nallambal regulator at Noolar near here.
E. Vallavan, Collector, and P.R. Siva, Member of Legislative Assembly, operated the keys to mark the discharge of waters for raising “samba”.
The water would be supplied through six channels – Patthakudi, Nallenzhundhur, Mathur, Saervari, and Ambaragarathur channels to benefit “samba” farmers. The water would be supplied for irrigation as and when realised from Mettur, an official source told The Hindu .
L. Mohamed Mansoor, Additional Collector, P. Ramadasse, Executive Engineer (Irrigation and Public Health), A. Rajasekaran, Executive Engineer (Buildings and Roads), and V. Shanmugasundaram, Superintending Engineer, were present.
