Mullaperiyar Dam storage level increased from 136 feet to 142 feet Thursday July 17,2014

After a gap of 37 years, all the 13 shutters of surplus weirs were lowered in Periyar dam to increase the storage level from 136 feet to 142 feet.

This historic event took place amid firming up of a sub-committee comprising the representatives from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and a senior official of the Central Water Commission to be formed on August 1, to monitor the smooth implementation of the Supreme Court order on raising the storage level in the reservoir.

The three-member high power committee comprising its Chairman M.V.Nathan, Chief Engineer, Dam Safety Organisation, Central Water Commission and members M.V.Kurien, Additional Chief Secretary, Kerala and M.Saikumar, Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday inspected the Mullaperiyar dam and discussed the measures adopted by the Tamil Nadu government for raising the water level.

They also inspected the spillway shutters which were downed for raising the water level. Later, addressing the media persons after a meeting at Cardamom County, Mr. Nathan said that the Supreme Court order was final and the committee was to monitor its implementation in a smooth way satisfactory to the two States.