Water degree in Idukki reservoir continues to rise, shutter peak elevated

By PTI

IDUKKI: With the water degree in Idukki reservoir persevering with to rise, the district administration right here on Tuesday afternoon elevated the peak of 1 opened shutter from 120 cm to 160 cm.

Authorities mentioned shutter quantity three can be raised to 160 cm whereas two and 4 will stay at 120 cm and shutter one and 5 at 40 cm.

The water degree has reached 2,387.04 ft, which prompted the authorities to extend the shutter peak. “With this, 330 cumecs of water will be discharged. Hence the people along the banks of Periyar from Cheruthoni town should remain vigilant,” district administration mentioned in a launch.

The water will attain Eriyaad, Poyya areas of Thrissur district and numerous components of Kodungallur Municipality inside 15 hours from afternoon and the authorities have requested the folks there to stay cautious.

Cusecs is the amount of water discharged measured in cubic ft per second. While when the identical is measured in cubic metre per second, it is known as cumecs. One cusec is equal to twenty-eight.32 litre per second.

Meanwhile, the 4 spillway shutters of Malampuzha dam have been raised by 80 cm in the present day.

As the water influx into the Banasura Sagar reservoir in Wayanad district has elevated, the district administration has knowledgeable that aside from the already opened shutters, yet one more can be opened by 10 cm. “This might increase the water level in the Kabani river by 10 cm,” the authorities mentioned.

The Ernakulam district administration has urged folks residing alongside the banks of Periyar river to stay vigilant after the Idamalayar dam was opened in the present day to discharge 50 cumecs of extra water.

The water degree on the Mullaperiyar dam, which is managed by the Tamil Nadu authorities, is at 139.6 ft, prompting the authorities to boost 10 shutters by 90 cm every and three by 30 cm every discharging 2,216 cusecs of water.

A crimson alert was issued in Idukki dam when the water degree reached 2382.53 ft. The FRL of Idukki dam is 2,403 ft.

The Idukki reservoir consists of two dams, the Arch dam and the Cheruthoni dam and the shutters of Cheruthoni dam have been opened for the primary time in 26 years in 2018, to mitigate the worst flood confronted by the state in a century.

The water degree at Periyar river, the place the water from these dams move into are slowly rising, district authorities mentioned.

Currently the water degree stood at 2.335 m. The flood warning can be issued at 2.50 m. It will breach the hazard degree, when the water degree reaches 3.76 m, district authorities mentioned, including that the folks residing alongside the banks of the river ought to keep vigilant.

The shutters of Pamba dam have additionally been raised from 30 cm to 45 cm to discharge 38 cumecs of water.

On Monday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had requested the folks to stay vigilant as main dams throughout the State have been opened and the water degree within the rivers was more likely to rise.

The state authorities mentioned it has taken measures to evacuate folks from areas the place the water degree is more likely to rise however requested everybody to stay cautious because the water influx to the dams and reservoirs are nonetheless robust resulting from rains within the japanese a part of Kerala.

IDUKKI: With the water degree in Idukki reservoir persevering with to rise, the district administration right here on Tuesday afternoon elevated the peak of 1 opened shutter from 120 cm to 160 cm.

Authorities mentioned shutter quantity three can be raised to 160 cm whereas two and 4 will stay at 120 cm and shutter one and 5 at 40 cm.

The water degree has reached 2,387.04 ft, which prompted the authorities to extend the shutter peak. “With this, 330 cumecs of water will be discharged. Hence the people along the banks of Periyar from Cheruthoni town should remain vigilant,” district administration mentioned in a launch.

The water will attain Eriyaad, Poyya areas of Thrissur district and numerous components of Kodungallur Municipality inside 15 hours from afternoon and the authorities have requested the folks there to stay cautious.

Cusecs is the amount of water discharged measured in cubic ft per second. While when the identical is measured in cubic metre per second, it is known as cumecs. One cusec is equal to twenty-eight.32 litre per second.

Meanwhile, the 4 spillway shutters of Malampuzha dam have been raised by 80 cm in the present day.

As the water influx into the Banasura Sagar reservoir in Wayanad district has elevated, the district administration has knowledgeable that aside from the already opened shutters, yet one more can be opened by 10 cm. “This might increase the water level in the Kabani river by 10 cm,” the authorities mentioned.

The Ernakulam district administration has urged folks residing alongside the banks of Periyar river to stay vigilant after the Idamalayar dam was opened in the present day to discharge 50 cumecs of extra water.

The water degree on the Mullaperiyar dam, which is managed by the Tamil Nadu authorities, is at 139.6 ft, prompting the authorities to boost 10 shutters by 90 cm every and three by 30 cm every discharging 2,216 cusecs of water.

A crimson alert was issued in Idukki dam when the water degree reached 2382.53 ft. The FRL of Idukki dam is 2,403 ft.

The Idukki reservoir consists of two dams, the Arch dam and the Cheruthoni dam and the shutters of Cheruthoni dam have been opened for the primary time in 26 years in 2018, to mitigate the worst flood confronted by the state in a century.

The water degree at Periyar river, the place the water from these dams move into are slowly rising, district authorities mentioned.

Currently the water degree stood at 2.335 m. The flood warning can be issued at 2.50 m. It will breach the hazard degree, when the water degree reaches 3.76 m, district authorities mentioned, including that the folks residing alongside the banks of the river ought to keep vigilant.

The shutters of Pamba dam have additionally been raised from 30 cm to 45 cm to discharge 38 cumecs of water.

On Monday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had requested the folks to stay vigilant as main dams throughout the State have been opened and the water degree within the rivers was more likely to rise.

The state authorities mentioned it has taken measures to evacuate folks from areas the place the water degree is more likely to rise however requested everybody to stay cautious because the water influx to the dams and reservoirs are nonetheless robust resulting from rains within the japanese a part of Kerala.