
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stands at 137.55 feet
The Hindu
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stands at 137.55 feet
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam was 137.55 feet (maximum permissible level 142 ft) on Tuesday with an inflow of 980 cusecs and a discharge of 105 cusecs. The water level in Vaigai dam was 71 ft (maximum level 71 ft) with an inflow of 1,928 cusecs and a discharge of 1,928 cusecs. The combined storage in Periyar credit was 9,138 mcft. The rainfall (in mm) recorded during the last 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. on Tuesday was as follows: Shanmuganadhi dam 10.4, Kodaikanal 6.4, Thekkadi 5.6, Veerapandi 4.2, Marudhanadhi dam 4, Uthamapalayam 3.4, Sothupparai dam 3, Gudalur 2.8, Viraganur 2.4, Mullaperiyar dam 1.8, Elumalai 1.2, Vaigai dam 1 and Madurai 0.6.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday pledged to mobilise people in resistance against the BJP-led Union government’s “anti-agricultural worker, anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people” laws and policies till they are all repealed, the party said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the members took the pledge following a three-day meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram.

Expressing the need for more number of socially responsive engineers and lawyers for furthering development of the country, Governor Thaawarchad Gehlot here on Friday lauded St. Aloysius institution for widening its service in the education sector by opening separate institutes for engineering and law











