Thrissur: With the district receiving good rains starting right from the beginning of this month, all the dams in the district are nearing maximum reservoir level. The Chimmini Dam here is all set to open any time.
All the four shutters of Peechi Dam, which is another major dam in the district, have been kept open since the third week of August.
In view of opening of the spillway shutters of Chimmini Dam, the district administration has already issued warning to those living on the banks of Kurumali and Karuvannur Rivers.
Officials at the district control room in Thrissur said that arrangements were made to open the shutters of Chimmini Dam on Friday, but delayed it as the inflow decreased.
“We will review the inflow on Saturday and if necessary will open two shutters of Chimmini by 10 cm,” officials said.
They also said that as Parambikulam and Upper Sholayar Dams in Tamil Nadu were nearing their maximum capacity, and sluice values of Peringalkuthu Dam upstream Athirappally waterfalls on Chalakudy River kept open, there was ever possibility of rice of water level in the river if any of the two dams in TN were opened.
