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All 13 shutters of the Mullaperiyar reservoir were opened for targeted discharge of 5,000 cusecs of water, and it whitethorn beryllium accrued successful accordance with the regularisation curve, said Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) officials connected Saturday (October 18, 2025).
Officials said that pursuing dense rainfall successful the areas surrounding the dam, the inflow was 40,733 cusecs and the reservoir level was astatine 132.90 feet astatine 11 p.m. connected Friday (October 17). At 3 a.m. (October 18), the retention level reached 136 ft.
Following this, the officials discharged 1,078 cusecs astatine 9 a.m. (Oct 18) from the radial gates R, R2, and R3, and astatine 9 a.m., the h2o level stood astatine 138.45 ft.
