To inform panel of decision today Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said the model of a joint water supply and regulation management system that exists between Kerala and Tamil Nadu for sharing the waters of the Parambikulam-Aliyar and Siruvani reservoirs will be acceptable for the proposed new Mullaperiyar dam. Inaugurating a mass contact programme here on Thursday, Mr. Chandy said the discussion initiated by the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee on the State's demand for a new dam was itself a recognition of the State's proposal. The topics hitherto discussed by the committee with regard to the Mullaperiyar dam were issues concerning its safety and maintenance, he said adding the prospects of a new dam had now emerged in the discussion at a recent meeting of the empowered panel. Mr. Chandy termed the new development as an acknowledgment of the State's proposal. Consistent stand Attributing the achievement to the unity shown by the entire State on the issue, the Chief Minister said the State had been consistent in its stand on the safety of the people of Kerala and the water requirement of Tamil Nadu. Reiterating that there would be no compromise on the safety of the people in the State, he said Kerala, at the same time, wanted no fissures in its cordial relationship with Tamil Nadu. Announcing that the State government would submit on January 6 its response to the panel's directive to the two States to give their respective views on the possibility of jointly managing a new dam, the Chief Minister said the joint management system already in place with regard to the Parambikulam-Aliyar and Siruvani reservoirs could be a model for the new dam. “We have no problem with having a Kerala-Tamil Nadu joint mechanism for supply of water as such a model is already there,” he said adding that the only addition that the State would propose was the involvement of the Central government in the joint management mechanism for the new dam. He said the State had no hidden agenda on the issue. The State's stand had always been rational and not emotional or selfish, he said pointing out that the State was also sensitive to Tamil Nadu's water requirement. “We have realised the fact that five districts of Tamil Nadu totally depend on the Mullaperiyar dam for their water requirement,” he said adding the State had no intention to cut down on the quantity of water that Tamil Nadu gets from the dam. He exuded confidence that there would be a solution to the concerns of the State without any delay.