New Delhi: In a setback for Kerala in the Mullaperiyar dam row, the report submitted by the 5-member committee appointed by the Supreme says that the dam is safe. The report vindicates Tamil Nadu's demand to raise the water level in the dam from 136 ft to 142ft. But the report also says the demand for a new dam should be reconsidered as an alternative. Two of the 5 members...
08:32 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday permitted Kerala and Tamil Nadu to get copies of the report submitted by the monitoring committee on the Mullaperiyar dam row. A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice DK Jain, while permitting the two warring states to get copies of the report in a sealed cover, posted the matter for further hearing to July 23. Senior counsel Harish Salve and...
02:32 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not set any timeframe for resolving Mullaperiyar Dam dispute involving Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said in New Delhi on Thursday. Chandy also said that in a federal structure the Centre has limitations in getting into a dispute involving two states. Reacting to the queries about the protests by UDF ally Kerala Congress (Mani) over the issue, he said the...
12:33 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Chennai: Making it clear that it would not compromise on its rights on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue, AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu on Monday alleged it was a victim of the Centre's "persistent indifference" and accused Kerala of whipping up "mass fear and insecurity" over the row. "The attempts on the part of Kerala to whip up mass fear and insecurity through false propaganda have been the primary cause of...
12:13 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Idukki: Technical experts on the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on Mullaperiyar Dam issue on Friday began their visit of dams in Idukki district and adjoining areas to provide inputs for the panel to draw up its report on the dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The expert members, CD Thatte and KK Mehta, first visited the Pambala Dam at lower Periyar area. They would inspect Idukki, Kulamavu and Cheruthoni dams...
08:11 AM, Dec 24, 2011
Chennai: Commuters in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu set to face the brunt of another strike as autorickshaws will be off the roads on Friday as a mark of protest, to condemn the Kerala government's stand on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue. Kerala has been insisting on a new dam to replace the 116-year old Mullaperiyar dam over safety concerns, a position which Tamil Nadu, under whose control the reservoir comes, refuses...
10:36 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Alappuzha/Theni: Kerala on Thursday accused Tamil Nadu of "not responding positively" to its offer for talks on the raging Mullaperiyar row as shops and business establishments remained shut in response to a traders' strike in five districts of the neighbouring state. Chief Minister Ommen Chandy said Kerala wanted to solve the row over the dam amicably through talks, but the response of Tamil Nadu had "not been positive". He also...
02:05 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday took strong exception to the National Disaster Management Authority forming a team of experts to draw up a contingency response plan for the Mullaperiyar Dam, saying it was nothing but "succumbing to the subterfuge" of Kerala. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she expressed her "shock" over NDMA under his chairmanship constituting a team of experts to formulate a Contingency...
02:50 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Chennai: Twelve people including MDMK leader Vaiko and Tamil Nationalist Movement leader P Nedumaram have been arrested as they tried to block all routes to Kerala over Mullaperiyar row. NDMK has been organising a blockade on 13 routes that connect Tamil Nadu and Kerala as part of an economic blockade in protest of the Kerala government's demand for decommissioning the controversial Mullaperiyar dam. Kerala has maintained that frequent tremors in...
12:33 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday withdrew his remarks referring to by-elections in the context of the Mullaiperiyar dam issue which has created a furore in Kerala. "Like some other speakers, I also made a passing reference to the forthcoming by-election. I take back that remark," he said in a statement in New Delhi. He went on to add, "that reference was not necessary and it was not...
11:43 AM, Dec 18, 2011
Chennai: Stepping up her attack against the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of remaining silent on the Mullaperiyar dam row. "I had written to him (Singh) on November 23 asking him to direct Kerala not to create panic on the safety of dam for political gains even as a case was pending before the Supreme Court. It is more than 20 days...
07:28 AM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Kerala on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it would protect the Mullaperiyar Dam from any attacks by protesters while Tamil Nadu opposed Kerala's suggestion that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh convene a meeting of the two states for resolving the dispute. Stating that it was the constitutional responsibility of the central government to intervene for the resolution of dispute between the two states, the apex court's constitution bench...
03:02 AM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Talks between officials of Tamil Nadu and Kerala organised by the Centre on the Mullaperiyar dam issue have been put off with the former saying it would prefer to await the decision of the Supreme Court on the issue before coming to the table. Sources in the government said Tamil Nadu has conveyed its decision to the Centre on the issue. Earlier this month, the Centre had invited...
10:24 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Prime Minister was the "most suitable authority" to hammer out a solution to vexed water disputes like Mullaperiyar dam row and wanted to appeal for his intervention but refrained from doing so after Tamil Nadu objected to it. A five-judge Constitution Bench wanted to make the appeal on the suggestion of Kerala's counsel Harish Salve but Tamil Nadu's lawyer Raju Ramachandran...
08:31 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: Voicing Kerala's readiness to walk the extra mile to resolve the Mullaperiyar Dam row, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he was even willing to enter into a tripartite agreement and enact a law assuring Tamil Nadu that it will get 'same quantity' of water from the new dam. However, he made it clear that the state cannot wait 'too long'. "We are ready to give any type of...
10:53 AM, Dec 15, 2011
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