As water level rises, Kerala’s Karapuzha dam shutters to be opened as precautionary measure

Key points

• As the water level in the Karapuzha dam in Wayanad district in Kerala has reached 757.10 MSL, the reservoir’s spillway shutters will be opened on Saturday (May 23).
• District Collector D.R.
• Meghasree, who is also the chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), has granted permission to raise the shutters as part of monsoon preparedness measures.
• Accordingly, three shutters of the dam will be raised by five centimetres each to release up to 1.557 cubic metres of water per second from 11 a.m. People living in the surrounding areas of the dam and in downstream regions through which the water flows have been advised to remain vigilant.
• Officials said the water level in the dam was being regulated in view of climate variations in the district, the extremely heavy rainfall received in previous years, and the likelihood of the monsoon beginning in the first week of June, in order...