Affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of News item titled "Glacial lakes multiply in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet, posing a threat to lives and infrastructure downstream" appearing in the Hindu, August 11, 2024. The report said that the Ministry of Jal Shakti …
A high-level conference convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday to discuss the tremors occurring in Idukki district decided to entrust the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, with a dam-break analysis of the Mullaperiyar dam. The IIT would find out the areas that could be inundated in the …
The Kerala government, while justifying the need for a new Mullaperiyar dam, has submitted to the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee, a feasibility report, which establishes that topographically and geologically a new structure is feasible. According to the report, the site selected from among the three identified involves the least environmental …
Proposed dam inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala Forest Research Institute given the task. Pilot study in the region within a fortnight KOCHI: An Environment Impact Assessment of the proposed Kerala Periyar Dam, which will replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam in Idukki, will begin shortly. The Kerala State Electricity Board …
