Archive for November 19th, 2011

Earthquake creates crack in an old dam aged 115years

Small cracks appeared at least at three points in the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala’s Idukki district following two minor tremors that occurred early on Friday. The tremors and cracks have created panic among the people in River Periyar’s downstream areas. The district has more than a dozen large and medium-sized dams including Asia’s largest […]