Reply by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Kerala in Original Application 184/22 filed by M N Jayachandran before the National Green Tribunal. M N Jayachandran in his petition before the NGT had alleged that Biji P Mathew was running tourism activities in the encroached area of the Periyar …
Setting at rest the controversy over the safety of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, the Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, has said it is “structurally and hydrologically safe, and Tamil Nadu can raise the water level from 136 to 142 feet after carrying out …
The five-member Empowered Committee (EC) headed by former Chief Justice A. S. Anand has finalised the report on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam. The 250-page final report will be submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The committee's term ends this month-end. The committee, after examining the reports it …
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam, over which Tamil Nadu and Kerala are at loggerheads, today finalised its much-awaited report on various aspects of the structure and will submit it to the court on Wednesday. The five-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-empowered Committee on Mullaiperiyar dam that met here on Sunday will meet again on Monday to finalise the draft report that will be submitted to the SC by the month end. The committee’s tenure ends by the month end, and it has decided not to seek …
Exotic plant species, unsustainable constructions among challenges: survey. Introduction of exotic species, reckless harvesting of plant resources, and ecologically unsustainable methods of construction are threatening the fragile ecosystem and rich biodiversity in Idamalakkudy, the only tribal panchayat in Kerala, located in Idukki district. A week-long biodiversity assessment programme conducted by …
KOCHI: The state government on Thursday submitted before the Kerala High Court that there had been no lapses or shortcomings in implementing an action plan to meet any eventualities arising out of a possible collapse of the Mullaperiyar dam. The statement was filed in response to a petition filed by …
The five-member Empowered Committee (EC), headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, on Monday finalised six chapters in the final report to be submitted to the Supreme Court on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam. Besides Justice Anand, other Members in the panel are: Justice K.T. Thomas, retired …
Even as Tamil Nadu is opposed to the idea of a new dam instead of the present one at Mullaperiyar, the Kerala Budget for 2012-13 has set aside Rs 50 crore for preliminary work on a new dam. Finance Minister K M Mani, whose party, the Kerala Congress, has been …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The century-old Mullaperiyar dam, a bone of contention between the Kerala and Tamil Nadu Governments, may be hydrologically unsafe, but there are many options available for reducing its disaster risk, eminent civil engineering expert A K Gosain said. “Science has progressed fast and technically there are many options available …
Kerala today affirmed its commitment to build a new dam at Mullaperiyar in place of the 116-year-old structure, saying its resolve to do so is based on the principle of ‘water for Tamil Nadu and safety for Kerala’. The Governor, Mr H. R. Bhardwaj, in his address to the legislative …
Leopards straying into in villages nestling along the forest fringes in the State, attacking people and their cattle have become a matter of serious concern. The killing of a healthy female leopard that had strayed into the small hamlet of Angamoozhy in the Ranni forest division by an unruly mob …
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a further two months time to the expert committee, headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand to submit its report on the safety of the controversial Mullaperiyar dam. The panel had been directed by the top court …
N.K. Premachandran, former Water Resources Minister, said here on Monday that Tamil Nadu had agreed in principle to the proposal for a new dam at Mullaperiyar way back as 1979. At the suggestion of the Central Water Commission, both Tamil Nadu and Kerala had agreed for a new dam and …
The five-member Empowered Committee (EC) headed by former Chief Justice of India A. S. Anand is seeking time from the Supreme Court till April 30 for submission of its final report on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam. The committee, whose term is due to end on February 29, met …
Union minister V. Narayanasamy has said the Prime Minister can get involved in finding a solution to the long-drawn Mullaiperiyar dam tussle only if Tamil Nadu and Kerala withdraw their petitions from the Supreme Court and agree to a negotiated solution. He would not be able to intervene when the …
Mullaperiyar issue is not a conventional inter-state water dispute as visualised in Article 162 of the Constitution. As an extraordinary and ageing dam, the useful life period of which is clearly over, it poses questions of safety which precisely mean questions of survival for the people in at least four …
KOCHI: The disaster management measures to be adopted in the district in case of a Mullaperiyar disaster will be decided based on the impact-assessment report being prepared by IIT Roorkee. A decision to this effect was taken at the District Development Council meeting held in Kochi on Saturday. A high-level …
Sticking to its stand on building a new dam in place of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar reservoir, Kerala on Friday said it is aware of the importance of giving water to five parched districts of Tamil Nadu, but is concerned over the safety of its people. "We know very well the …
Tamil Nadu wants it to maintain that dam will continue to serve its purpose The Surpeme Court-appointed Empowered Committee indicated on Tuesday that it would submit a report on the Mullaperiyar dam to the court in February third week. At a meeting here, it discussed various technical reports on the …
Kerala would do all that was necessary to protect the Mullaperiyar dam, and all protection was being given to Tamil Nadu PWD staff working in the dam, tourists from Tamil Nadu and Ayyappa devotees visiting Kerala, the Kerala Chief Secretary today submitted in the Madras High Court Bench here. In …
