Weak rainfall over Kerala during the current southwest monsoon season is giving anxious moments to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).
Storage in the hydel reservoirs managed by the KSEB had only 38% storage (equivalent to 1,560.6 million units (mu)) on August 5, the lowest for the day in three years. To compare, on the same day last year it was 78%, the storage equivalent to 3,239.77 mu.