The Public Works Department said that water will be released from the Stanely reservoir in Mettur for samba cultivation in delta disticts. The government had planned to open the reservoir on August 7. However, bowing to demands from farmers, who wanted the water to be released before 'Adi Perukku' festival, which falls on August 3, the government decided to open the reservoir 10 days ahead of the schedule. The storage position on Monday was 56 tmcft with an inflow of 28,000 cusecs.