All eight shutters of Mullaperiyar dam closed
The Hindu
Water level on Saturday was 138.5 ft; Idukki dam’s water is near red alert level
All the spillway shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam were closed on Saturday with a decline in the water inflow to the dam. Tamil Nadu Public Works Department officials had on Wednesday opened eight spillway shutters when the inflow increased steadily following heavy rainfall.
Spillway shutters 7 and 8 were closed on Friday evening. At 9 p.m. three shutters were lowered to 30 cm from 50 cm. At 11 p.m., the remaining three shutters too were lowered to 30 cm. On Saturday morning, three shutters were closed. At 7 a.m. two shutters were closed and shutter 3 was lowered to 20 cm. At 11 a.m., that too was closed.
The water level at 3 p.m. on Saturday was 138.50 ft. The discharge of water through tunnels to Tamil Nadu was 2,305 cusecs and inflow was 2,324 cusecs. The upper rule curve of the dam till November 10 is 139.5 ft.
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