Palakkad district · Irrigation · Gayathripuzha basin · report 01 Nov 2026, 11:00 IST
Storage
40.0%
Previous 40.0%
Water level
153.53 m (503.7 ft)
FRL 156.36 m (513.0 ft)
Spillway release
0.0 cumecs
Latest report
Rain forecast
12 mm
Next 72h 35 mm
Rate of rise(derived)
0.00 m / 24 h
Downstream exposure
The downstream reach and local body list for Meenkara have not been transcribed from a District Disaster Management Plan yet, so none are shown.
District control room: 1077 / 0491-2505309
No rule curve (seasonal guide curve) is published for Meenkara 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.
Meenkara is at red alert, with storage steady at 16% and the water level at 151.49 m, just 0.30 m below the 151.79 m FRL; there is currently no spill. Recent rain of 19.4 mm is the main driver, while the forecast is lower at 3.4 mm in 24 hours and 16.5 mm in 72 hours; the next escalation would be triggered if the level reaches FRL and spilling begins, especially if flood risk rises from 39.
CH₄ from flooded land × GWP-100 (27), age-adjusted
Western Ghats forest sink, 60% forest cover assumed
≈ 28 indicative credits/yr
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
Every monitored structure on this river, ordered by how much water it is passing downstream right now.
| Structure | Level / FRL (m) | Storage | Inflow | Outflow | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moolathara (Regulator)Palakkad | 183.70 / 184.70602.7 ft / 606.0 ft | — | — | 4 m³/s | Controlled release — water is being released in regulated quantities, not a danger warning |
| MeenkaraPalakkad | 153.53 / 156.36503.7 ft / 513.0 ft | 40.0% | — | 0 m³/s | No warning — below every published alert level |
| ChulliyarPalakkad | 142.72 / 154.08468.2 ft / 505.5 ft | 4.0% | — | 0 m³/s | No warning — below every published alert level |