Capacity at KSEB dams adequate to store monsoon rain
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The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) might not have to launch water from its dams if the State receives regular rainfall through the southwest monsoon season, in accordance to a assessment by the State-run energy utility.
However, if the State had been to obtain extraordinarily heavy rainfall for days collectively as in 2018 and 2019, managed launch of water will probably be initiated on the premise of the rule curves and the stipulations of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), the KSEB mentioned on Monday.
In such an eventuality, the shutters will probably be raised solely with the permission of the district catastrophe administration authorities and by warning the general public, it added.
The dam security wing is effectively ready to meet the challenges of the monsoon season, KSEB officers mentioned. Senior officers of the Power Department and the KSEB attended the assessment.
As of May 30, the KSEB reservoirs had been 36% full, with a mixed storage adequate to generate 1,483.25 million items (MU) of electrical energy. This is barely increased than on the identical day final yr when the storage stood at 1,106.3 MU, in 2019 when it stood at 685.3 MU and in 2018 when it stood at 1,000 MU.
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