Chemban Vellayan Kolumban, the tribal chieftain who was instrumental in Idukki dam’s construction, has got a befitting memorial at Vellapara by the side of the Puliyanmala-Thodupuzha State ...

Continuous heavy rains have wreaked havoc across Kerala, prompting authorities to open four major dams as a precautionary ...

All power generators below the penstock tunnels leading from Kerala’s largest hydel reservoir in Idukki are working ... monsoon since the construction of the dam in 1973. Twice in the past ...

Local agitators group had for long been demanding construction of a new dam in place of the 119-year-old structure, holding that it posed a grave threat to life and property of people in Idukki ...

Local residents say the toponymy was linked to the construction of a penstock for ... to construct penstocks and steel liners for the Idukki Dam in 1968. “Since the company was located at ...

Idukki (Kerala) [India], Oct 05 (ANI): District authorities on Friday said shutters of Cheruthoni dam, located in Kerala’s Idukki district will not be opened today. This comes hours after the ...

The 2005 landslide at the Munnar Government College was blamed on “unscientific construction”. In 2018, Idukki saw a catastrophic flood after shutters to the Cheruthoni dam were opened after a ...

The Idukki district Collector on late Wednesday ... The maximum permissible water level of the surki-concrete dam built with outdated construction technology is 136 feet. Though rains had abated ...

In Idukki district alone, there are 20 big and small dams. While catchment areas of Idukki dam received 30 mm rain fall in last 24 hours in Mullaperiyar it was 22 mm.

Meanwhile, a red alert was issued at Idukki dam when the water level reached 2382.53 feet. Issuing a warning regarding the same, district administration said in a release, "With this, 330 cumecs ...