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 …
Former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair, on Saturday, said the Mullaperiyar dam row required a scientific solution not a political one. He said the ISRO would be able to contribute significantly to any such scientific effort to study the issue. He was speaking at …
Plan includes walkway by the Meenachil river Half a dozen tourism projects are being implemented in the district at a cost of Rs. 5 crore by District Tourism Promotion Council this year. Top on the agenda is the Thazhathangadi Beautification Project, being taken up at a cost of Rs.72.23 lakh. …
A dawn to dusk State-wide hartal called on Wednesday by a forum supporting Kerala’s stand on constructing a new dam was total in Idukki district, where the 116-year old dam is situated and was partial in other parts of the State. Shops, business establishments and schools remained closed in Idukki …
Minister for Revenue and Vigilance Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the State government will not backtrack on its demand for a new dam to replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a training programme for government officials at the district collectorate here on …
KOTTAYAM: Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) on Monday announcing its support to a strike call by an anti-dam panel. Government chief whip and senior KC (Mani) …
The minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences, Mr. Ashwini Kumar, on Sunday said that the controversial Mullaperiyar dam was ‘safe’ and all steps were being taken to ensure its ‘fullest and most comprehensive security’. The minister’s statement comes in the wake of the submission of preliminary …
Rejects Tamil Nadu's stand that a new dam is not necessary as the present one is safe Despite the unanimous opinion of two experts of the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee that the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe, Kerala has pressed for the construction of a new dam. In a fresh …
Even as two-member technical team from Pune is intensifying drilling work to collect sample of construction materials to confirm the strength of the Mullaperiyar dam, protests rallies and demonstrations against Kerala government and in support of the dam issue has been continuing as usual in the district on Thursday. Around …
KOCHI: Kerala High Court today disposed of a batch of petitions raising concern over safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam after some petitioners expressed satisfaction over measures taken by the state government. The petitioners, including Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan, had moved the court complaining of the inadequacies of the safety …
The 35th Chennai book fair started on a controversial note after May 17, a pro-Tamil group, staged a protest in the fair venue demanding that the Malayala Manorama publication stall be removed, and criticising its stand on the Mullaperiyar issue. Members of May 17 had protested before the Manorama stall …
MADURAI: Calling for restraint in the ongoing Mullaiperiyar dam row, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday steered clear of passing orders on a petition seeking deployment of Central forces to protect the dam. “We cannot superimpose on the matter and we cannot interfere in the matters …
T. Shivaji Rao, Director, Centre for Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, has sent a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah calling for action to prevent a man-made catastrophe from impending collapse of the Mullaperiyar dam. The Director said that the Mullaperiyar dam did not meet modern safety norms and …
Kerala favours independent panel for water regulation, Tamil Nadu is against new dam itself Kerala has maintained that it is agreeable to the constitution of an independent committee, with representatives of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the Union of India, for regulation of the waters of a new Mullaperiyar …
Tamil Nadu on Friday told the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee that the Mullaperiyar dam had been strengthened and was being well maintained. Being a retrofitted dam, it was safe in terms of hydrological as well as structural safety parameters, and there was no need for a new reservoir. In its …
Officials sources clarified here on Friday that Kerala's expression of willingness for joint control of the proposed new dam on the Mullaperiyar was about water regulation only. The proposal placed before the Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court earlier was that the ownership, control and maintenance of the new dam …
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 …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the model of a joint water supply and regulation management system that already exists between Kerala and Tamil Nadu for sharing of water from the Parambikulam-Aliyar and Shirvani reservoirs will be acceptable for the proposed new dam to replace the Mullaperiyar dam. Inaugurating …
The Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on the controversial Mullaperiyar dam on Tuesday refused to entertain Kerala’s plea to lower the reservoir’s water level from 136 feet to 120 feet. The five-member panel, headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, also asked the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to …
Inspection in the wake of recent tremors in the region Allaying the apprehensions of the people of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the two technical experts of the Supreme Court appointed-Empowered Committee (EC) on Tuesday informed the Committee that the recent tremors in that region did not have any impact on …
The two technical experts of the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on Mullaperiyar dam on Monday submitted their report on the safety of the controversial reservoir before the full bench of the panel. While the report by Dr C.D. Thatte and Mr D.K. Mehta, the experts who inspected the dam on …
