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Sholayar

Thrissur district · KSEB · Chalakudy basin · report 18 Sep 2026, 11:00 IST

No warning — below every published alert level

Storage

86.4%

Previous 86.4%

Water level

809.40 m (2655.5 ft)

FRL 811.68 m (2663.0 ft)

Spillway release

Latest report

Rain forecast

22 mm

Next 72h 54 mm

Storage & water level — last 30 days

Risk breakdown

Flood risk38
Landslide risk16
Reservoir stress73
Watershed saturation14
River overflow17
  • Only 2.29 m of freeboard left below FRL
  • Level 809.40 m is below the blue alert level of 810.16 m

Rate of rise(derived)

0.00 ft / 24 h

Downstream exposure

Chalakudy river below Poringalkuthu through Athirappilly and Vazhachal to Chalakudy town

Local bodies on this reach: Athirappilly, Pariyaram, Koratty, Chalakudy, Annamanada

District control room: 1077 / 0487-2362424

Rule curve — seasonal operating target

No rule curve (seasonal guide curve) is published for Sholayar 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
21.1°C
Humidity
96%
Rain 24h
16.5 mm
Wind
4 km/h
Gusts
14 km/h
Pressure
917 hPa

AI analysis

Sholayar is at no alert level, with storage at 86.39% (down from 86.9%) and water level at 809.396 m, 2.286 m below the 811.682 m FRL; there is no spill. Rainfall of 16.5 mm in the past 24 hours and forecasts of 21.6 mm in 24 hours and 54.4 mm in 72 hours are the main drivers, with flood risk at 38 and landslide risk at 16; the next alert would be triggered when the reservoir reaches its defined alert threshold, which is not provided.

  • Danger alert — Sholayar · 03 Aug 2026, 10:14 IST

Reservoir information bulletin

Commissioned
1966
Dam type
Concrete gravity
Height
Length
Gross capacity
153.5 MCM
Live capacity
153.5 MCM
Catchment area
Full reservoir level
811.68 m (2663.0 ft)
Power station
Sholayar HEP
Installed capacity
54.0 MW
Purpose
Hydroelectric
Operator
KSEB
River
Chalakudy
Basin
Chalakudy
Nearby towns
Athirappilly, Chalakudy
Emergency contact
1077 / 0487-2362424

Kerala Sholayar on the Chalakudy river adjoins the Tamil Nadu Sholayar reservoir and feeds a 54 MW powerhouse; its releases flow down to Poringalkuthu.

Chalakudy 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
SholayarThrissur809.40 / 811.682655.5 ft / 2663.0 ft86.4%No warning — below every published alert level
PoringalkuthuThrissur415.05 / 423.981361.7 ft / 1391.0 ft31.4%Controlled release — water is being released in regulated quantities, not a danger warning