Farmers of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts are hopeful of raising Kuruvai this year. Comfortable water position at Mettur dam and copious summer showers in the delta region have brought cheers to the farmers and kindled their hopes of raising Kuruvai.
Short term crops of paddy are raised in Kuruvai. The duration is 90 days to 105 days.
It is enough if the water level stood at 90 ft with a storage of 60 tmc ft for opening the dam for Kuruvai cultivation. But at present the storage in the dam is 79 tmc ft and water level is standing at 110.8 ft on Tuesday. “This storage is enough to open the dam on June 12 for Kuruvai cultivation. So this year we are hopeful of raising Kuruvai,” farmers said.
Last year, farmers had to skip Kuruvai as the dam was opened on July 28.
