INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mullaperiyar, a 126-year-old dam, is located on the confluence of the Mullayar and Periyar rivers in Kerala’s Idukki district. The dam stands at the height of 53.66 metres and 365.85 metres in length. The dam is owned, operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-2: -Located in Kerala, the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is owned, operated, and maintained by Tamil Nadu Government and meets the drinking water and irrigation requirements of at least five districts in the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mullaperiyar Dam IPA: [mulːɐpːeɾijɐːr], is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala It is located 881 m (2, 890 ft) above the sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala, India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of the 81 dams, the Kerala State Electricity Board owns 59 dams which form 45 reservoirs, the Kerala Irrigation Department owns 20 dams which form 20 reservoirs and the Kerala Water Authority vests the control of 2 dams with 2 reservoirs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Supreme Court verdicts on Mullaperiyar dam Kerala did not object to giving water to Tamil Nadu. Their main cause of objection is the dam’s safety as it is as old as 110 years (in 2006). Increasing the level would add more pressure to be handled by the already leaking dam.