The curious minds at What If explain how the sudden collapse of Mullaperiyar Dam could devastate millions of lives.

The Mullaperiyar dam built across River Periyar and dating back to 130 years is on the verge of collapse and this will wipe out the entire population in five districts of the State. Though the dam ...

Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed concern about the safety of Mullaperiyar Dam and sought to know who would take the responsibility if the 125-year-old dam collapses.He asked whether ...

Mullaperiyar is listed among the world ... five kilometres downstream. The Machchu II Dam collapse figures among the world’s worst dam disasters and is second only to China’s 1975 Banqiao ...

Retired Chief Engineer M. Sasidharan, who is a member of the Inter State Water Advisory Committee, has said that the waters from the Mullaperiyar dam would not be contained in the Idukki reservoir ...

when water flows over the top of the dam, it collapses. With the passage of time, due to siltation, the storing capacity of Mullaperiyar reservoir is bound to decrease steadily, and the ...

In the aftermath of Derna’s dam collapses, experts are calling for ... One example is the Mullaperiyar Dam in the Indian state of Kerala. The structure is more than 125 years old and has visible ...

As per the Kerala state government, if the Mulleperiyar dam collapses at any point, it will wash away almost a 25 km stretch between Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams, destroying human settlements of ...

Kerala and Tamil are engaged in an open battle over the Mullaperiyar dam. While Kerala says the 116-year-old structure, located in an earthquake prone area, is unsafe and can collapse any moment ...

Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala, India is over 100 years old, visibly damaged and located in a region prone to earthquakes. Its collapse would harm 3.5 million people downstream. In the United States ...

who undertook a study on the safety of Mullaperiyar Dam said that the reservoir is in a dilapidated condition and could collapse at any time. “Our study conducted during late 1990s was based on ...