Mulai Periyar Dam

Mullaperiyar Dam or Mullai Periyar Damis a masonry gravity occlude on the Periyar River in the Kerala state of India. It is set 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level on the car decametreom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala, South India. It was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by the British Government to divert water eastwards to Madras Presidency area (the present-day(prenominal) Tamil Nadu). It has a height of 53.6 m (176 ft) from the foundation and length of 365.7 m (1,200 ft).The Periyar National Park in Thekkady is turn up around the dams reservoir. The dam is located in Kerala on the river Periyar, but the dam is controlled and operated under a rate of flow lease by neighboring Tamil Nadu stateSupreme court judgment came in February 27 2006, allowing tamilnadu to raise the level of the dam to 152 feet after strengthening it. Responding to it, Mullaperiyar dam was declared an endangered scheduled dam by the Kerala GovernmentMullai Periyar D amafter a few lowly earthquakes in 1979 in regions surrounding the dam, security issues were raised over its security. Since then, both the Kerala and TN governments suck been at loggerheads over the security issue. Later, experts from Indian Institute of engineering also examined the dam, and mentioned that the dam will not withstand an earthquake. What does the TN government have to say about it?The TN government refutes allegations that age has withered the dam. There are arguments that if the worlds oldest Kallanai dam (built in the second century AD) in Srirangam in Tiruchirapali zone is still functional and continues to irrigate about 4,000 sqkm, why cant the Mullaperiyar be as well. So, where do the two governments stand?The Kerala governments contention is that in case the dam breaks, the three dams downstream Idukki, Cheruthoni and Kolamavu will not be able to carry the pressure, which will put the lives of 3.5 million people in the state. On the new(prenominal) hand , the TN government maintains that if the Mullaperiyar is demolished, it will create water scarcity in atomic number 23 districtsof the state, leading to a draught in the region.