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Moolathara (Regulator)

Palakkad district · Irrigation · Gayathripuzha basin · report 01 Nov 2026, 11:00 IST

Controlled release — water is being released in regulated quantities, not a danger warning

Storage

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Water level

183.70 m (602.7 ft)

FRL 184.70 m (606.0 ft)

Spillway release

3.9 cumecs

Latest report

Rain forecast

7 mm

Next 72h 29 mm

Storage & water level — last 30 days

Risk breakdown

Flood risk32
Landslide risk10
Reservoir stress68
Watershed saturation4
River overflow14
  • • Only 1.00 m of freeboard left below FRL
  • • Releasing 3.88 cumecs — controlled release
  • • No official alert levels are defined for this structure
  • • Controlled outflow of 3.88 cumecs (gates not reported open)

Rate of rise(derived)

+0.10 m / 24 h

Downstream exposure

The downstream reach and local body list for Moolathara (Regulator) have not been transcribed from a District Disaster Management Plan yet, so none are shown.

District control room: 1077 / 0491-2505309

Rule curve — seasonal operating target

No rule curve (seasonal guide curve) is published for Moolathara (Regulator) 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
28.3°C
Humidity
74%
Rain 24h
0.5 mm
Wind
4 km/h
Gusts
11 km/h
Pressure
1002 hPa

AI analysis

An AI analysis for this reservoir will appear after the next scheduled briefing.

  • Controlled release alert — Moolathara (Regulator) · 13 Oct 2026, 12:37 IST
  • Controlled release alert — Moolathara (Regulator) · 06 Aug 2026, 20:37 IST
  • Danger alert — Moolathara (Regulator) · 06 Aug 2026, 18:30 IST
  • Controlled release alert — Moolathara (Regulator) · 06 Aug 2026, 18:24 IST
  • Danger alert — Moolathara (Regulator) · 03 Aug 2026, 10:13 IST

Environmental & carbon accounting

Insufficient data
Reservoir methane (gross)
Not enough data /yr

CH₄ from flooded land × GWP-100 (27), age-adjusted

Green carbon — catchment forest
Not enough data /yr

Western Ghats forest sink, 60% forest cover assumed

Blue carbon — sediment burial
Not enough data /yr

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Hydropower grid offset
Not enough data /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

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
184.70 m (606.0 ft)
Power station
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Installed capacity
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Purpose
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Operator
Irrigation
River
Gayathripuzha
Basin
Bharathapuzha
Nearby towns
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Emergency contact
Kerala SDMA: 1077 / 0471-2364424

Gayathripuzha river system — levels & flow

Every monitored structure on this river, ordered by how much water it is passing downstream right now.

StructureLevel / FRL (m)StorageInflowOutflowStatus
Moolathara (Regulator)Palakkad183.70 / 184.70602.7 ft / 606.0 ft——4 m³/sControlled release — water is being released in regulated quantities, not a danger warning
MeenkaraPalakkad153.53 / 156.36503.7 ft / 513.0 ft40.0%—0 m³/sNo warning — below every published alert level
ChulliyarPalakkad142.72 / 154.08468.2 ft / 505.5 ft4.0%—0 m³/sNo warning — below every published alert level