Dam safety: Agencies in a race against time to complete the comprehensive dam safety evaluation

Agencies operating dams successful the State are successful a contention against clip to implicit the broad dam information valuation (CDSE), a mandatory enactment nether the Dam Safety Act, 2021, earlier the extremity of the year.

Owners of dams are required to implicit the archetypal CDSE wrong 5 years of the commencement of the Dam Safety Act. As per this requirement, the deadline is December 2026, conscionable 8 months away. Dams successful Kerala are managed by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), the Water Resources section and the Kerala Water Authority (KWA).