With the water level in the Idukki reservoir fast receding to a historic low, an old settlement that once served as a bustling township has resurfaced from water.
Vairamani, once a major town in Idukki, was evicted to accommodate the State’s biggest hydroelectric project that was eventually commissioned in 1976.
A Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) dam safety official said the old Thodupuzha-Puliyanmala road passed through Vairamani. “In its heydays as a township, Vairamani had a church, cinema theatre, forest station, school, and many shops,” said the official.
