
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stands at 116.90 feet
The Hindu
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Saturday stood at 116.90 feet (maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 259 cusecs and a discharge of 256 cusecs.
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Saturday stood at 116.90 feet (maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 259 cusecs and a discharge of 256 cusecs. In Vaigai dam, the level was 53.94 ft. (71 ft.) with an inflow of 106 cusecs and a discharge of 72 cusecs. Combined storage in Periyar credit was 3,612 mcft. The rainfall (in mm) recorded during the last 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. on Saturday is as follows: Karuppanampatti 15, Periyar 14.6, Kodaikanal 11, Elumalai 5.2, Shanmuganadhi dam 2, Sothupparai dam 1.6, Thekkadi 1.4 and Gudalur 1.2.

The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











