Malankara dam shutters opened for major repair works

Key points

• The shutters of the Malankara dam, under the Muvattupuzha Valley Irrigation Project (MVIP), have been opened to facilitate major repair work.
• According to an MVIP official, the dam’s water level must be lowered to 36.9 m for the maintenance to begin.
• To achieve this, water distribution through the project’s canal networks was suspended on Wednesday, and four spillway shutters were fully raised.
• The water level has currently dropped to 40 m.
• “The repair work will commence once the reservoir hits the 36.9-m mark.