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METTUR: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday opened the sluice gates of the Mettur dam , and 2,000 cusecs of the Cauvery water started gushing out of the . "The water being released from the reservoir will be increased to 20,000 cusecs by Thursday evening," Palaniswami said. The storage was around 76.996 TMC at 9am.Stanley Reservoir (TOI photos by AM Shudhagar)Water level in the dam crossed 100 feet a couple of days ago, following heavy rain in Karnataka and Kerala.On Thursday morning, the water level stood at 109 feet against the dam’s full capacity of 120 feet. It would be further increased in the coming days based on the requirement in the delta regions, he added.The water being released from the reservoir is expected to save crops in 16.04 lakh acres of land in the delta districts Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday opened the sluice gates of the Mettur dam around 1.30am..