Sub-committee inspects Mullaperiyar dam | Sicp
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Date: 2020-01-24

Sub-committee inspects Mullaperiyar dam | Sicp

Officials of a sub-committee under the Supreme Court-appointed supervisory panel today carried out 'routine' inspection of the Mullaperiyar dam as its water level stood at 133 feet against the maximum of 142 feet following copious inflows, official sources said.

The five-member team, headed by V Rajesh, Executive Engineer, Central Water Commission, visited the dam site and inspected the condition of dam shutters and seepage level.

The officials of Kerala and Tamil Nadu were also present during the visit of the panel, which comprises two members each from the two states besides the Chairman.

There is a dispute between the two states over the storage level of the Mullaperyiar Dam, located in this district and operated by Tamil Nadu.

The high range district, which witnessed heavy showers in the past few days, received 69.6 mm rains today, according to the Met department.

Mullaiperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala, South India. It was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by John Pennycuick and also reached in an agreement to divert water eastwards to the Madras Presidency area (present-day Tamil Nadu). It has a height of 53.6 m (176 ft) from the foundation, and a length of 365.7 m (1,200 ft).

The Periyar National Park in Thekkady is located around the dam's reservoir. The dam is located in Kerala on the river Periyar, but is operated and maintained by Tamilnadu state. Although the Periyar River has a total catchment area of 5398 km2 with 114 km2 in Tamil Nadu,[13][14] the catchment area of the Mullaperiyar Dam itself lies entirely in Kerala. On 21 November 2014, the water level hit 142 feet for first time in 35 years. The reservoir again hit the maximum limit of 142 feet on 15 August 2018, following incessant rains in the state of Kerala.

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