Mullaperiyar Dam To Open At 7 am, People At Risk Being Moved: Kerala Minister
NDTV
Tamil Nadu will open the dam's shutters at 7 am tomorrow and water will be released to maintain its level at 138 feet till October 31, an official release said.
People living downstream from the Mullaperiyar dam are being evacuated as a measure of abundant caution ahead of Tamil Nadu opening the dam gates tomorrow morning, Kerala Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine said on Thursday.
The minister said, in a release, that Tamil Nadu will open the dam's shutters at 7 am tomorrow and water will be released to maintain its level at 138 feet till October 31.
He said that there was nothing to be concerned about and people do not have to panic as the storage capacity of Idukki was 70.5 TMC as compared to 12.758 TMC of Mullaperiyar and hence, the water released from the latter would only raise the former's level by a quarter of a foot.
"Therefore, Idukki will be able to contain the water released from the Mullaperiyar,'' the minister said.
