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Of the 81 dams, the Kerala State Electricity Board owns 59 dams which form 45 reservoirs, the Kerala Irrigation Department owns 20 dams which form 20 reservoirs and the Kerala Water Authority vests the control of 2 dams with 2 reservoirs. Three dams - Munnar Headworks Dam, Lower Periyar Dam, and Maniyar Dam - have no drainage area across the river.
The water level kept rising in Asia's biggest arch dam even after opening the first sluice gate which lead to the opening of all five gates within a matter of 26 hours. The spill gates sent down 750 cumecs (7.5 lakh litres per second) of water downstream, along with the heavy downpours resulting in widespread flooding along the state's longest ...
Supreme court judgment came on 27 February 2006, allowing Tamil Nadu to raise the level of the dam to 152 ft (46 m) after strengthening it. Responding to it, Mullaperiyar dam was declared an 'endangered' scheduled dam by the Kerala Government under the disputed Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2006. [61]
Floodgates of the Cheruthoni Dam in Kerala’s Idukki district in India were opened on October 19 after water levels in its reservoir reached the red alert threshold.According to The Hindu, 64 ...
The dam is operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu but the ownership rests with Kerala, [1] [2] Per the agreement with Tamil Nadu, Kerala was supposed to receive 7.25 TMC feet of water per year from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project of which the Parambikulam Dam is a part. In 2004, Kerala did not receive any water after February 10, resulting in ...
Kulamavu Saddle Dam (RIght Bank) is an Earthen Dam constructed across Kilivallithodu at Arakkulam village in Idukki District of Kerala, India. It is One of the two saddle dams constructed to augment Idukki reservoir. [1] The dam has a height of 27.43 metres (90.0 ft) and a length of 384.96 metres (1,263.0 ft).
The full reservoir level is elevation 169 metres (554 ft) [4] and the minimum draw down level (MDDL) is 115 metres (377 ft). The dam has created a reservoir with a water spread of 28.3 km 2 (10.9 sq mi). The reservoir has a gross storage capacity of 1,089.0 million cubic metres of which the effective storage is 1,017.8 million cubic metres.
It is one of the five dams which are parts of Sabarigiri HydroElectric Project. These are Pamba dam, Kakki dam, Anathode dam, Gavi dam and Kochu Pamba weir [1] Sabarigiri Hydro Electric Project ( 340 MW) is the second largest hydro electric project of Kerala and is located in Pathanamthitta district. This weir is constructed as a part of ...