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Malankara dam
Coverage of Malankara dam in the Nexus archive.
- Silt fills almost half the storage in Kerala’s Malankara dam causing capacity crisis
A 2021 study found that silt occupies 48.95% of Kerala’s Malankara dam's storage capacity, causing a crisis in water storage management and flood prevention in the Thodupuzha and Muvattupuzha rivers.
- Amid heavy rain, water level in Kerala’s Idukki reservoir rises by over 6 ft in a single day
Kerala’s Idukki reservoir water level rose by over 6 ft in a single day due to heavy rain. The catchment area recorded 154.4 mm of rainfall in 24 hours, prompting dam authorities to open shutters at Malankara, Pambla, Kallar, and Kallarkutty dams.