The Idukki and Cheruthoni dams has now been thrown open to the public for the Christmas and New Year seasons throughout the week except on all Wednesdays for routine inspection and monitoring of the dam.
Our Irrigation Minister Roshy Augustine announced on Wednesday that the public will be allowed only until January 31, 2023. The entry fee for adults will be rupees forty and for children will be rupees twenty only. Visiting hours are from 09.30 hours to 17.00 hours only. Buggy car facilities are being arranged on the roadway atop the dam at rupees six hundred for a group of eight visitors to travel on the dam. The Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary has also arranged boating facilities from Vellappara.
Entrance to the dam will be through the Paremavu side on the Cheruthoni-Thodupuzha road. The visitors will have to walk a total of six kilometres up and down while visiting the Cheruthoni dam, the Idukki Arch Dam and the Vaishali Caves.
Please note that visitors will be prohibited from carrying mobile phones, cameras, and other electronic equipment. Any form of recording including photography and video are prohibited on the premises of the dam.
