Salem: The water flow in Cauvery river at Hogenakkal has increased to 10,000 cubic feet per second. The ban on coracles was extended for the 15th consecutive day. As the water level in Mettur dam reached 9,035 cubic feet at 4 pm on Sunday, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is set to release water from the reservoir for delta irrigation on Tuesday morning.

The water flow increased due to the surplus water being released from Karnataka dams. The water flow has been gradually decreasing every day for the last five days and remained at 6,500 cubic feet per second for the last two days.

After the flow increased to 7,500 cubic feet per second on Saturday and reached 10,000 cubic feet on Sunday morning, water gushed from waterfalls including Aindharuvi, Sini falls, and main falls on the Hogenakkal Cauvery river.

The water level in Mettur dam reached 90 feet at 4 pm on Saturday. At 8 am on Sunday, 6,887 cubic feet of water was received and 9,035 cubic feet at 4 pm.

Mettur Dam water level at 8 am on Sunday.

Level. : 90.300 feet

Storage : 52.995 tmc

Inflow : 6,887 c/s

Outflow : 2,000 c/s