Summary:
more-inWith the water level crossing the 130 feet mark at the Periyar dam, the five-member committee is expected to reach the dam tomorrow, officials from the Public Works Department said here on Tuesday. The flow into the reservoir on Monday was 6,770 cusecs and the discharge to the Vaigai dam was 1,573 cusecs. As a result, the level in the dam had been rising appreciably over the last five days close to eight feet. In the meantime, the PWD Executive Engineer (Periyar Vaigai) Subramani said the five-member committee would reach here tomorrow and very soon, the Supreme Court appointed three-member monitoring committee would inspect the dam. In the last 24 hours alone, the level had gone up by two feet..