Where is mullaperiyar dam located in kerala

In , the Centre appointed an expert committee to look into safety and suggest storage levels. In , the Supreme Court allowed Tamil Nadu to raise the water level to ft. It said after completing strengthening work, the level could be restored to ft if an expert committee examined and recommended it. Since then, the issue has shifted to the safety of the dam. In , the Kerala Cabinet permitted preliminary work on a new dam.

Tamil Nadu approached the Supreme Court against the move. In , a flood routing study by IIT Delhi found the dam was unsafe; in , IIT Roorkee reported the dam was in an earthquake-prone area and would not survive a major quake.

In came the Supreme Court order allowing Tamil Nadu to fix the water level at ft. Click here to join our channel indianexpress and stay updated with the latest headlines. Best of Explained. Click here for more. Also in Explained Why Karnataka govt is surveying churches, and why Christian community is opposed to it. The affidavit said that the erratic rainfall, climate change and floods have caused sudden rise in the water level of the dam and urged the Supreme Court to reduce the upper permissible limit of the reservoir.

The Kerala government said that the year-old dam cannot be strengthened by repeated reinforcements, reported Live Law. But the court had also said that it was not a matter it could decide as it lacked expertise. It had then appointed a supervisory committee to decide on the maximum water level that can be maintained in the dam, asking it to quickly take a decision.

The committee had suggested that no change in water level is required. Contribute Now. The water from the reservoir reaches Theni, Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu though tunnels that cut across the Western Ghats. Download Mobile Application. Thekkady The Dream Destination. Mangaladevi Temple. Travel Tips. It was commissioned by the British in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore, which was part of the then Madras Presidency. It is feet high and is The deed permitted water to be diverted from about square kilometres of the river basin that lay above the dam to the then Madras state.

Later, a hydel-power project was commissioned in with four units of 35 megawatts each. This was apart from the annual lease rent coupled with royalty from power generation that was to be paid by Tamil Nadu. A three-member supervisory committee was appointed by the Union government and Supreme Court for periodic inspection of the dam.