New Delhi: Following the Kerala floods, a disaster management sub-committee to keep an eye on the water level of Mullaperiyar Dam on Thursday asked Tamil Nadu to maintain water limit of the tanks 2-3 feet below the 142-feet FRL mark till August 31, a senior official in the Water Resources Ministry said.

The committee including officials from the Centre, including the Water Resources Ministry, Kerala and Tamil Nadu reviewed the water level of the tank.

"Keeping in view that rainfall may take place as monsoon is still active, the government of Tamil Nadu was advised that the reservoir may be operated as per the directions given (by the Supreme Court) last week. The level can be kept 2-3 metres below the FRL (Full Reservoir Level) of 142 feet," the official stated.

Kerala on Thursday said that the top court that the unexpected release of water from the Mullaperiyar Dam by the Tamil Nadu government was one of the reasons for the overwhelming flood in the state.

Last week, the Top court also took a note of the "grave" deluge situation in Kerala and ordered the disaster management panel of the Mullaperiyar Dam to right away decide on lowering the water level by three feet.

The direction to the disaster management sub-committee to cut the water level up to 139 feet from the existing 142 feet came in the background of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan writing to Tamil Nadu CM E K Palaniswami seeking lowering of the water-level in the Mullaperiyar Dam in the concern of its safety.