Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
THE Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday has set up an expert panel to study the safety of the Mullaiperiyar dam following an increase in the leak on the 18th block of the dam. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said that a leakage had been …
Byju Aryad KOCHI: Following heavy rains and the increasing inflow into the Mullaperiyar dam catchment area, the Idukki District Administration has started taking precautionary measures to prevent untoward incidents. The water level in the dam touched 134.9 feet on Monday. The water seepage from the dam also increased following the …
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Sunday said that the Mullaperiyar issue was destined to be on the back-burner with the Supreme Court referring the issue to a Constitution Bench. Recalling Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
Crops including wheat and mustard were submerged under water and water entered into several villages when the main canal's sub-canal 33 R Distributory of Chambal dam collapsed in this district's Pura village, official sources said today. A large portion of the sub-canal's wall caved in suddenly last night due to …
Mathew A Thomas | ENS ANNOUNCEMENT of fresh leakages due to rising water level in Mullai- periyar dam by some Kerala officials has cleared the ground for Tamil Nadu to conduct maintenance work on the dam. The water levels in the Mullaiperiyar dam reached 133 ft on Thursday. The Supreme …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government has decided to inform the Tamil Nadu Government of its concern over the breach at Moolathara dam. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters here on Wednesday after the Cabinet meeting that an expert committee would be formed for ensuring the safety of the dam. The …
PALAKKAD: The Dam Safety Authority will submit its report to State Government on the causes for the breach of Moolathara regulator-cumbridge within a week, according to Dam safety Authority chairman Justice Rajendra Babu. He was speaking to mediapersons after visiting the Moolathara regulator-cumbridge here on Tuesday. Justice Rajendra Babu said …
J. Venkatesan No fresh material can be taken on record during proceedings New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an application filed by Kerala to place on record the report of the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, that
N R Pura,Nov 3,Deccan Herald News Service: Taluk JD(S) President M R Ravishankar has alleged that the check dam, pipelines laid across Bhadra backwaters at Menasur village in N R Pura is of poor quality. He alleged misappropriation of crores of rupees in the same project. Addressing a news conference …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu can raise the storage level of the Mullaperiyar reservoir to 142 feet and there is no need to take permission from Kerala, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy said here on Wednesday. Criticising Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for not implementing the Supreme Court order on the issue, Dr. …
Study done by IIT, Roorkie THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: A structural stability analysis of the Mullaperiyar dam conducted by the Department of Earthquake Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkie, has concluded that the main Mullaperiyar dam and the baby dam are likely to face damage in the event of an earthquake. …
KOLLAM: The National Board for Wildlife Protection under the Union Environment and Forest Department has accorded sanction to conduct survey and investigation work for the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar. Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran got a fax message in this regard on Thursday. Addressing a press …
CHIEF Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to withdraw the decision to allow land survey for a new Mullaiperiyar dam. He said the State Government was forced to get a stay on the permission given to Kerala to undertake survey for the dam, as the …
J Balaji NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has attacked Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh for giving the nod to the Kerala government for undertaking a forest survey for construction of a new dam in the Mullaperiyar reservoir area.
The present issue of Mullai Periyar Dam is analysed from the points revealed by Kerala about the safety of the Dam to suggest a feasible win-win solution duly considering the implied stand of Kerala as perceived by the author.
