Geography

 

The Supreme Court same the province cabinet minister are “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” are taken on failure to allow data on the ‘rule curve’ for the Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed superordinate Committee.

·       The ‘rule curve’ during a dam decides the unsteady storage levels during a reservoir.

·       The gate gap schedule of a dam is predicated on the ‘rule curve’.

·       It is a component of the “core safety” mechanism during a dam.

Mullaperiyar Dam

·       Mullaperiyar Dam could be a masonry gravity dam designed at the confluence of Mullayar and Periyar rivers.

·       The dam is found in Kerala however is operated and maintained by the close state of province.

·       It was created between 1887 Associate in Nursingd 1895 by John Pennycuick and conjointly reached in an agreement to divert water eastward to the Madras Presidency space (present-day Tamil Nadu).