Summary
The higher flow helps meet the growing water needs of farms in the Cauvery delta.
Farmers are preparing to plant samba rice and need more water for their fields.
Key Points
3 points1
Water release started at 3,000 cubic feet per second and was raised step by step.
2
The latest increase happened on Monday morning.
3
The dam’s water level is about 92 feet high.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsdischarge
The amount of water that is let out from the dam.
irrigation
Supplying water to crops so they can grow.
delta
Flat land at the end of a river where water spreads out.
reservoir
A big storage place for water, often created by a dam.
cubic feet per second
A unit that tells how much water moves each second.
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