CHENNAI: The quantity of water being discharged downstream from the Mettur Dam is being increased from 35,000 cusecs to 50,000 cusecs from 6 pm on Monday, following increased releases from the Kabini and KRS dams, rising from 25,000 to 1 lakh cusecs, respectively.

According to WRD officials, 21,300 cusecs of water is currently being released through the dam powerhouse and tunnel powerhouse, with the remainder discharged through the Ellis surplus channel.

The barrages have been instructed to maintain the discharge without any deviation.

As of 2:28 pm on Monday, the water level stood at 117.440 feet compared to the full storage capacity of 120 feet.