Salem: The water level in Mettur dam has reached 100ft for the third time in a month on Saturday evening.
The water level stood at 99.39ft on Saturday afternoon. The inflow to the dam was 18,694 cusecs. “The outflow was reduced from 12,000 to 9,000 cusecs on Saturday after good rain in delta districts,” a public works department official said.
The water level in dam had reached 100ft for the first time in this year on September 26 and later again on October 15. tnn