More shutters of various dams across the State were raised on Monday to release excess water with rainfall continuing in the catchment areas.
All five shutters of the Cheruthoni dam on the Idukki reservoir, which is part of the Idukki hydel project, were opened on Monday with the water level touching 2,386.10 ft by 3 p.m.
All 10 shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam, which were already open, were raised further on the day. Shutters 1 and 5 of the Cheruthoni dam were raised to 40 cm and shutters 2, 3 and 4 to 120 cm to release 300 cumecs of water due to increased inflow from the Mullaperiyar dam into the Periyar.
