SAVE KERALA SAVE MULLAPERIYAR DAM
A stone work gravity dam on the Periyar Stream in the Indian province of Kerala. Situated in the Cardamom Slopes of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki Region, Kerala, at a rise of 881 meters (2,890 ft) above ocean level. , India. Worked by John Pennycook somewhere in the range of 1887 and 1895, it additionally agreed to redirect water toward the east to the Madras Administration region (present-day Tamil Nadu). It is 53.6 meters (176 ft) high from the base and 365.7 meters (1,200 ft) long. Periyar Public Park in Thekkady is arranged around the repository of the dam. The dam is worked at the conversion of the Mulliyar and Periyar waterways. The dam is situated on the Periyar Waterway in Kerala, however is worked and kept up with by the adjoining territory of Tamil Nadu. Albeit the Periyar Waterway has an all out catchment area of 5398 km2, 114 km downstream from the dam in Tamil Nadu, the catchment region of the Mullaperiyar Dam itself is totally in Kerala and is in this manner not a between state stream. On November 21, 2014, the water level arrived at 142 feet without precedent for 35 years. On August 15, 2018, the supply again arrived at its greatest degree of 142 feet because of persistent downpours in Kerala. An UN report distributed in 2021 recognized the dam as one of the world's biggest dams, which could endanger 3.5 million individuals on the off chance that it is over 100 years of age since it is situated in a seismically dynamic region.