Water level steady at Mullaperiyar

The water level continued to be steady in the Mullaperiyar dam with Tamil Nadu drawing water at the same level of inflow on Wednesday. The water level was 138.70 ft and the inflow was 1,867 cusecs.Tam

The water level continued to be steady in the Mullaperiyar dam with Tamil Nadu drawing water at the same level of inflow on Wednesday. The water level was 138.70 ft and the inflow was 1,867 cusecs.

Tamil Nadu has opened the Vaigai dam where water from Mullaperiyar is stored after power generation at Lower Periyar. The Vaigai dam has been opened following heavy rainfall and an increase in inflow, according to a Tamil Nadu Public Works Department official. Though rainfall subsided on Wednesday, the inflow had remained high, he said. He said the inflow had declined in the Mullaperiyar dam.

Though the rainfall in the Periyar area had declined, there were chances of heavy rainfall in the Chokkanpatty forest area, from where the Periyar originates, which could trigger an increased inflow into the Mullaperiyar dam, he said.