 Kerala enacted the "Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2006" to ensure safety of all 'endangered' dams in the State, listed in the second schedule to the Act.Section 62A of the Act provides for listing in the schedule, "details of the dams which are endangered on account of their age, degeneration, degradation, structural or other impediments as are specified".The second schedule to the Act lists Mullaperiyar (dam) constructed in 1895 and fixes 136 feet as its maximum water level.