When
the water level in the Periyar rose, people came out of their houses at
midnight and shouted slogans against the authorities.
Though a large
number of policemen reached the area for an evacuation drive, the people
refused to move to rescue shelters, which had already been in place.
At
5 a.m. on Tuesday Dec 08,2015 the shutters were closed. It took two hours for the
water released from Mullaperiyar to reach the downstream Idukki
reservoir.
Only 58.87 % of the total storage of the Idukki dam is
filled and there appears to be no chance of opening the Idukki dam even
if a large quantity of water is released from Mullaperiyar.
Note
Kerala and Tamil Nadu are at loggerheads over the Dam built under an accord between the then Maharaja of Travancore and the erstwhile British Regime
Though the Dam is siutated in Kerala,it is owned and maintained and operated by Tamil Nadu
As per the My 2014 Supreme Court of India directive,the Tamil Nadu Govt is allowed to increase the water level of the Dam to 142 Feet
Note
Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the dam, built under an 1886 accord between the ...
Read more at: http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/mullaperiyar-dam-kerala-supreme-court-tamil-nadu-flout-norms.html
Read more at: http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/mullaperiyar-dam-kerala-supreme-court-tamil-nadu-flout-norms.html
Kerala and Tamil Nadu are at loggerheads over the Dam built under an accord between the then Maharaja of Travancore and the erstwhile British Regime
Though the Dam is siutated in Kerala,it is owned and maintained and operated by Tamil Nadu
As per the My 2014 Supreme Court of India directive,the Tamil Nadu Govt is allowed to increase the water level of the Dam to 142 Feet
Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the dam, built under an 1886 accord between the ...
Read more at: http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/mullaperiyar-dam-kerala-supreme-court-tamil-nadu-flout-norms.html
Read more at: http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/mullaperiyar-dam-kerala-supreme-court-tamil-nadu-flout-norms.html
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