In August over 200 people were killed inward Kerala past times the worst flooding to hitting the Indian dry ground inward over 100 years. One ground for the dramatic flooding was that many of Kerala's hydroelectric dams were forced to unloose H2O amongst petty alert to those who alive downriver from the dams.
Reuters has been investigating why the waters inward Kerala's dams were likewise high earlier the monsoon struck. In How Kerala's Dams Failed to Prevent Catastrophe the word arrangement has mapped the locations of all the state's dams in addition to inward detail the Idukki & Idamalayar reservoirs in addition to the Periya River. Reuters argues that if the H2O levels inward these 2 reservoirs had been lowered prior to the foremost of the monsoon in addition to then they could bring coped amongst the pelting that roughshod inward the August storms.
Because the H2O levels inward the Idukki & Idamalayar reservoirs were at 90% of their capacity earlier the August monsoon they both speedily reached capacity later the rains began. Both reservoirs were in addition to then forced to unloose H2O into the Periya River. The trial was the severe flooding of communities living along the river.
