
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stands at 131.35 feet
The Hindu
Water levels in Mullaperiyar and Vaigai dams in Madurai are below maximum capacity, with moderate inflow and discharge.
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Monday stood at 131.35 feet (the maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 154 cusecs and a discharge of 1,500 cusecs. The level in Vaigai dam was 69.39 ft. (the maximum level is 71 ft.) with an inflow of 1,379 cusecs and a discharge of 2,069 cusecs. Combined storage in Periyar credit was 7,642 mcft.

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.











