Maniyar (Barrage)
Pathanamthitta district · Irrigation · Kakkad basin · report 01 Nov 2026, 11:00 IST
Storage
48.0%
Previous 48.0%
Water level
29.26 m (96.0 ft)
FRL 34.62 m (113.6 ft)
Spillway release
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Latest report
Rain forecast
24 mm
Next 72h 64 mm
Storage & water level — last 30 days
Risk breakdown
- • Shutters / gates reported open — controlled release
- • Data check: gates reported open but no discharge figure published
- • No official alert levels are defined for this structure
Rate of rise(derived)
0.00 m / 24 h
Downstream exposure
Pamba river from Kakki–Moozhiyar through Ranni and Aranmula to Kuttanad
Local bodies on this reach: Seethathodu, Perunad, Ranni, Ranni-Angadi, Naranammoozhy, Aranmula, Kozhencherry
District control room: 1077 / 0468-2322515
Rule curve — seasonal operating target
No rule curve (seasonal guide curve) is published for Maniyar (Barrage) in a form this platform can verify, so none is shown. Where an operating curve is published — as for Idukki after the 2018 floods — it is plotted against actual storage instead of being estimated.
Rainfall forecast — next 48 hours
Spillway releases
Current weather at the dam
- Temperature
- 24.7°C
- Humidity
- 98%
- Rain 24h
- 10.8 mm
- Wind
- 5 km/h
- Gusts
- 11 km/h
- Pressure
- 997 hPa
AI analysis
Maniyar Barrage is at red alert, with storage rising sharply from 36% to 53% after 50.5 mm of rain; the water level is 31.6 m versus the 34.62 m FRL, and all five shutters are open 4.5 m despite zero recorded spill. With another 14.8 mm forecast in 24 hours and 36.8 mm over 72 hours, the next escalation would be triggered if the level continues toward the 34.62 m FRL or spill begins, especially given the flood-risk score of 52.
- Controlled release alert — Maniyar (Barrage) · 06 Aug 2026, 20:30 IST
- Danger alert — Maniyar (Barrage) · 06 Aug 2026, 20:00 IST
- Controlled release alert — Maniyar (Barrage) · 06 Aug 2026, 19:55 IST
- Danger alert — Maniyar (Barrage) · 06 Aug 2026, 18:30 IST
- Controlled release alert — Maniyar (Barrage) · 06 Aug 2026, 18:24 IST
Environmental & carbon accounting
Insufficient data- Reservoir methane (gross)
- Not enough data /yr
- Green carbon — catchment forest
- Not enough data /yr
- Blue carbon — sediment burial
- Not enough data /yr
- Hydropower grid offset
- Not enough data /yr
CH₄ from flooded land × GWP-100 (27), age-adjusted
Western Ghats forest sink, 60% forest cover assumed
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vs CEA grid 0.716 kg CO₂/kWh, 35% capacity factor
Net catchment balance: Not enough data/yr (forest + sediment sinks minus reservoir methane)
Estimate, not a measurement — built from IPCC 2019 Flooded Lands factors and public dam data. Kerala does not publish measured reservoir emissions. Credits shown are indicative, not registered. How this is calculated
Reservoir information bulletin
- Commissioned
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- Dam type
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- Height
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- Length
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- Gross capacity
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- Live capacity
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- Catchment area
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- Full reservoir level
- 34.62 m (113.6 ft)
- Power station
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- Installed capacity
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- Purpose
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- Operator
- Irrigation
- River
- Kakkad
- Basin
- Pamba
- Nearby towns
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- Emergency contact
- Kerala SDMA: 1077 / 0471-2364424