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“I am appealing to the district administration to consider releasing water when the water level reaches 136 feet in Mullaperiyar dam,” he said. more-inMADURAICiting a good storage level in Mullaperiyar dam, a section of farmers from Melur region appealed to the district administration here on Friday to immediately take steps to release water from Vaigai dam for the single-crop region in and around Melur. Speaking at the monthly farmers’ grievance day meeting, they said that Melur region had been facing an acute water shortage for the past around four years since it had not received adequate water in the Periyar main canal. Water is released for the single-crop region generally around September depending on the availability, officials said. After a gap of nearly 10 years, water was released on time from Vaigai dam last month for the double-crop regions in Madurai..