Summary:
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 (PTI) The Kerala government on Tuesday asked the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu to maintain the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam at the 137 feet level.
Kerala made the demand as the water level in the over-a-century-old dam reached 137.60 feet.
Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, was of the view that water should be retained in the dam till the 142 feet level.
This discussion of the high level committee meeting held on Tuesday in view of the rising water levels of the dam, was made public by Kerala Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine in his Facebook post.
In his post, the minister said that in 2018 the Supreme Court had directed that the water level in the dam be maintained at 139.99 feet.
However, since the situation is worse now due to the ongoing rainy season, if water is drained from Mullaperiyar, it would flow into Idukki dam where in the present situation huge quantities of water cannot be stored, he said.