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Walayar

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

No warning — below every published alert level
Walayar dam and reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Storage

15.0%

Previous 15.0%

Water level

196.32 m (644.1 ft)

FRL 203.00 m (666.0 ft)

Spillway release

0.0 cumecs

Latest report

Rain forecast

3 mm

Next 72h 13 mm

Storage & water level — last 30 days

Risk breakdown

Flood risk6
Landslide risk8
Reservoir stress13
Watershed saturation2
River overflow3
  • • Level 196.32 m is below the blue alert level of 201.50 m

Rate of rise(derived)

0.00 m / 24 h

Downstream exposure

The downstream reach and local body list for Walayar 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 Walayar 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
25.7°C
Humidity
89%
Rain 24h
0.0 mm
Wind
2 km/h
Gusts
10 km/h
Pressure
989 hPa

AI analysis

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

  • Controlled release alert — Walayar · 11 Sep 2026, 11:37 IST
  • Warning alert — Walayar · 06 Aug 2026, 20:00 IST
  • Warning alert — Walayar · 06 Aug 2026, 18:30 IST
  • Warning alert — Walayar · 06 Aug 2026, 05:45 IST
  • Danger alert — Walayar · 03 Aug 2026, 10:13 IST

Environmental & carbon accounting

Insufficient data
Reservoir methane (gross)
400 t CO₂e /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
42 t CO₂e /yr

≈ 42 indicative credits/yr

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
21.0 MCM
Live capacity
21.0 MCM
Catchment area
—
Full reservoir level
203.00 m (666.0 ft)
Power station
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Installed capacity
—
Purpose
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Operator
Irrigation
River
Walayar
Basin
Bharathapuzha
Nearby towns
Walayar, Palakkad
Emergency contact
1077