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The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has temporarily postponed the shutdown of the Moolamattom powerfulness works scheduled for Tuesday (November 11, 2025).
The KSEB had announced that the works would beryllium unopen down from November 11 to December 10 for attraction works.
According to officials, if the KSEB stops powerfulness procreation astatine the plant, it volition impact the travel of tailrace h2o (water released from the works to the Muvattupuzha stream aft powerfulness generation), and it volition impact the availability of drinking h2o successful Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts. The closure of the works would effect successful a shortage of 3 cardinal cubic metre of h2o successful the Malankara dam. After the officials raised concerns astir h2o distribution, the KSEB temporarily postponed the shutdown.
Presently, during daytime, 1 generator is utilized for powerfulness generation. “Based connected a high-level directive, the KSEB postponed the shutdown. Once we get clearance, we volition unopen the works down and statesman repair works,“ said a KSEB procreation helping official.
The program was to implicit the repair of generators 5 and 6 during the shutdown. “Due to harm to its seals, the valve assemblage of the generators has a immense leak. To transportation retired maintenance, the tunnels request to beryllium drained and powerfulness procreation afloat stopped. These works request to beryllium completed successful an exigency manner,” said a KSEB procreation helping official.
“The h2o level successful the Idukki reservoir is 2,382.70 ft arsenic connected Tuesday, and the regularisation curve from November 20 is 2,400.70 ft. The reservoir level is astir 17 ft beneath the regularisation curve level. The reservoir broadside is good for conducting the repair works,” said a KSEB dam information helping official.
The Moolamattom underground power station was commissioned successful 1976. There are six 130 MW generators astatine the power station. Generators numbered 1, 2, and 3 were installed successful the archetypal signifier and 4, 5, and 6 were installed successful 1986.
