Mullaperiyar Dam Caused Floods, Says Kerala: Here's What You Need To Know

The Kerala state government told the Supreme Court that neighboring Tamil Nadu province should condemn the flood.

Kerala insists that Tamil Nadu suddenly released water from the Mullaperiyar Dam and refused to lower the water level

According to Hinduism, the Kerala government sweared the Supreme Court that Tamil Nadu state ignored the repeated demand for controlled release of water so that thousands of people living downstream will be able to evacuate so as to make it in time in time I submitted an affidavit.

More than 300 people were killed in the flood of Kerala State and thousands of people were evacuated. Now that the water has retreated, the state government is considering difficult challenges of recovery and rebuilding.

According to the news report, Kerala's affidavit repeatedly requests Tamil Nadu state to repeatedly lower the water level from 142 feet to 139 feet. According to the report, the affidavit also stated that the government managed the situation by releasing most of the flood to the sea, after the floodgates were opened after the heavy rain of Idukki.

"With the sudden release of the Mullaperiyar Dam, the third largest reservoir in the Periyar Basin, we were forced to release more water from the Idukki reservoir downstream of Mullaperiyar, Secretary of State Tom Jose Mentioned in the affidavit

Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been fighting the Mullaperiyar Dam for many years. Here is the controversy you need to know:

- Kerala has long insisted that the dam leaks and that old structure poses a threat to people living downstream of the dam

- After decades of debate, in 2014 the Supreme Court set up an advisory committee to oversee all issues related to the dam and ordered the dam to raise the water level from 136 feet to 142 feet.

- Kerala residents also urged the Supreme Court (and thus the affidavit of the Kerala State Government) to understand the structural safety of the dams built in the UK era.

- The dam is located in Kerala but thanks to the British Governor Madras Governor and King Trabanko signed an agreement in 1886 that the Tamil Nadu Government will control.

- The lease agreement between the two governments was updated in the 1970s on condition that Tamil Nadu managed the dam, used the water, owned the land, and Kerala received the rent.

- After the earthquake the rift ruptured Kerala raised the safety problem of the dam, I thought it passed its lifetime.

The Kerala government insisted that the sudden outflow of water from the Mullaperiyar Dam by the Tamil Nadu government is one of the causes of Kerala's floods in the Supreme Court. The Tamil Nadu Government insisted that Kerala State was under the influence of floods because heavy rain in Kerala provoked excessive water discharge from the 80 reservoirs in Kerala State and that Idduckdam had flood surplus thinking. Although the emissions of the Mullaperiyar Dam were greatly reduced, due to the unprecedented heavy rain that caused flooding in the independent catchment

If the Kerala state government really wants to mitigate the effects of the flood, the dam reservoir should be relatively empty. Kerala has two rainy seasons. Southwest monsoon and northeast monsoon. This means that even if Kerala loses some water during the southwest monsoon, that country can compensate for rain in the Northeast monsoon. Professor Amita Singh, director of the United Nations University Disaster Research Special Center, stated, DR Sadeesan, one of the most affected areas, said, "If the government follows all the procedures, so many victims will not come out."

As the Mullaperiyar dam replaced the water pressure, the Periyar river drowned a wide area. The flood washed away the whole hill called Karinthiri Malai. In the rainy season, this was a complete disaster. Official data is not available, but it is said that more than 1,000 people died in the flood of 1924. This monsoon was not washed off like the time of 1924. According to the data of this meeting, the cumulative rainfall amount in southwest monsoon in Kerala State in June was 2,087.67 mm on January and August 15, nearly 30% less than the usual 1,606.05 mm rainfall. However, there are still active monsoons for weeks, the 1924 record may be destroyed.