Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on August 13 raised the shutters of Mettur dam to release water for irrigation. The water level at the dam crossed 100 ft against a total scale of 120 ft at 4.30 a.m. on Monday. At 8 a.m., the water level at the dam was at 101.22 ft and the stored capacity of water at the dam was 66,431mcft. The dam had an inflow of 2,30,000 cusecs of water and the inflow at Biligundulu was 2,35,000 cusecs.