Tamil Nadu closes three spillway shutters of Mullaperiyar dam

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As h2o level successful the Mullaperiyar dam decreased, Tamil Nadu officials closed three of its 13 spillway shutters on Wednesday.

According to officials, Tamil Nadu raised 13 spillway shutters of the dam connected Saturday aft dense inflow to the reservoir. On Wednesday, the h2o level astatine Mullaperiyar declined to 137.90 ft, and Tamil Nadu closed 3 shutters and 10 shutters stay raised by 150 cm. The h2o level astatine the dam astatine 3 p.m. was 137.90 ft and the passageway discharge was 1,789 cusecs. Also, 3,187 cusecs is being released to the Periyar.

The mean inflow to the dam astatine 3 p.m. was 4,692.56 cusecs. The precocious bounds of the dam till October 31 is 138 ft.

At Idukki

Meanwhile, the h2o level astatine Idukki reservoir roseate to 2,384.86 ft connected Wednesday. The reddish alert level is 2,398.31 ft and the precocious regularisation level is 2,399.31 ft.

The territory experienced debased rainfall connected Wednesday.

Published - October 22, 2025 07:09 p.m. IST

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