Thiruvananthapuram: With weighty downpours going on in pieces of Kerala, water levels in a few dams, including the Mullaperiyar and Idukki, in the state are arriving at their particular stockpiling limits and some even arrived at high alert status on Sunday.
As per figures given by the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), water in six dams - - of which four are in Idukki - - heavily influenced by KSEB are at high alert levels and in one at orange alarm level.
The dams where water has arrived at high alert levels at 11.00 AM were - - Ponmudi, Kallarkutty, Erattayar and Lower Periyar in Idukki, Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode and Moozhiyar in Pathanamthitta locale of the state.
Water levels in the Mullaperiyar dam, in the mean time, were holding consistent at 135.7 feet starting around 12 PM because of decrease in precipitation nearby throughout the previous few hours and no cautions have been given, an authority from the control room set up in Idukki region said.
The authority expressed that there was a slight expansion in water level at Idukki dam, however nothing to be worried about because of decrease in precipitation there right now.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday gave a yellow caution in nine out of the 14 areas of the state for the afternoon.
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On Saturday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, alluding to climate information, had said weighty downpours would go on for the following five days and advised individuals living in sloping areas to stay cautious.
Specialists had sounded cautions to individuals living on banks of different streams where water levels were ascending because of weighty precipitation in the state.
The continuous storm in Kerala keeps on playing ruin in different pieces of the state with reports of monstrous flooding in certain areas and individuals being moved to protect covers in others.
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Many houses in the beach front belt of the state were to some extent harmed in the breezy breezes and huge downpours there.