THE Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday has set up an expert panel to study the safety of the Mullaiperiyar dam following an increase in the leak on the 18th block of the dam.
Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said that a leakage had been detected in the 113-year-old dam.
KOCHI: Following heavy rains and the increasing inflow into the Mullaperiyar dam catchment area, the Idukki District Administration has started taking precautionary measures to prevent untoward incidents. The water level in the dam touched 134.9 feet on Monday.
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Sunday said that the Mullaperiyar issue was destined to be on the back-burner with the Supreme Court referring the issue to a Constitution Bench.
Crops including wheat and mustard were submerged under water and water entered into several villages when the main canal's sub-canal 33 R Distributory of Chambal dam collapsed in this district's Pura village, official sources said today.
ANNOUNCEMENT of fresh leakages due to rising water level in Mullai- periyar dam by some Kerala officials has cleared the ground for Tamil Nadu to conduct maintenance work on the dam.
The water levels in the Mullaiperiyar dam reached 133 ft on Thursday.
PALAKKAD: The Dam Safety Authority will submit its report to State Government on the causes for the breach of Moolathara regulator-cumbridge within a week, according to Dam safety Authority chairman Justice Rajendra Babu.
He was speaking to mediapersons after visiting the Moolathara regulator-cumbridge here on Tuesday.
