With heavy rain lashing Idukki district on Monday, five shutters of the Cheruthoni dam of the Idukki reservoir were opened. The shutters 1 and 5 were raised by 40 cm and shutters 2, 3 and 4 were raised by 120 cm to release 300 cumecs of water at 3 p.m. on the day.
Earlier, the 10 shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam on the upstream of the Idukki dam were opened further. On Monday morning, all the shutters were raised by 60 cm, releasing 4,957 cusecs of water to the Periyar.
There was heavy inflow of water from the Mullaperiyar dam to the Periyar. Preparations were made to shift people living close to the river at Vallakkadavu and Vandiperiyar, said Peerumade MLA Vazhoor Soman.
