Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stands at 119 feet
The Hindu
Mullaperiyar and Vaigai dam levels, rainfall data, and storage in Periyar credit on Tuesday.
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Tuesday stood at 119 feet (maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 102 cusecs and a discharge of 300 cusecs. The level in Vaigai dam was 47.70 ft. (71 ft.) with an inflow of 185 cusecs and a discharge of 69 cusecs. The combined storage in Periyar credit was 2,902 mcft. Veerapandi received 6.2 mm and Kodaikanal 2 mm of rainfall during the last 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

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