New Delhi: The Supreme Court will begin hearing final arguments in the contentious Mullaperiyar dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. There has been tension between the two states over the safety of the dam which is 120 years old.
The SC is hearing a case filed by Tamil Nadu against a law passed by Kerala in 2006 restricting the water level in the dam to 136 ft. However, the apex court had permitted Tamil Nadu to raise the water level up to 142 ft.
The Tamil Nadu government is managing the dam ever since its inception. Kerala had in 2010 had advocated dismantling of the dam, holding that its structure was not safe, while Tamil Nadu opposed it.
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09:25 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday declined to accept any fresh material other than what has been submitted by the expert panel on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The apex court said it would not accept any fresh material as otherwise the entire process would be unending. A bench comprising justices D K Jain, R M Lodha, H L...
11:14 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Kochi: It seems Keralas proposal for a new dam at Mullaiperiyar will not be realised anywhere in the near future. The Forest Department has turned down a request from the Irrigation Department seeking permission for carrying out Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), for the second time. Lackadaisical attitude by the officials coupled with technical reasons have been delaying the EIA for the proposed new dam. Repeated attempts by the Irrigation Department...
12:29 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to give further instructions in the Mullaperiyar Dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu on Friday. Earlier, the apex court had permitted minor maintenance work of the dam under joint supervision of technical experts from the two states and the Central Water Commission. The court had also asked the Union Water Resources Ministry to supply copies of the Empowered Committee Report to all...
08:05 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme court on Monday directed the Kerala government to permit Tamil Nadu to undertake maintenance and cleaning work at the Mullaperiyar dam. The five-judge bench headed by Justice DK Jain said that the maintenance and the cleaning work at the dam would be undertaken under the supervision of a three-member committee. The three-member committee will comprise of a superintending engineer each from Tamil Nadu and Kerala and...
12:38 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Opening yet another chapter in the long drawn out tussle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over Mullaperiyar dam, the latter has said that it would question the scientific validity of the report submitted by the Supreme Court(SC)-appointed Empowered Committee which had said that the dam is safe. The SC is to take up the case for hearing on July 23. The Empowered Committee report is not final. Its...
12:35 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Fear psychosis seems to have disturbed the children studying in schools situated close to the Mullaperiyar dam. The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) officials visited several schools in the area following reports of massive fall in attendance rate. The counsellors conducted awareness campaigns among thousands of children studying in government and aided schools in the region. They interacted with students at schools in Vandiperiyar, Upputhara, Vallakadavu, Vanchivayal, Ayyappankoil,...
01:24 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Terming as "unilateral" the findings of the Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam, Kerala Water Resources Minister PJ Joseph on Tuesday said there was no change in the state's stand on construction of a new dam. The panel relied on the report of Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu to come to the conclusion that the reservoir was safe, rejecting the studies by Roorkie and Delhi IIT's, he...
12:57 PM, May 29, 2012
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court-constituted expert panel to study the safety of Mullaperiyar Dam has overstepped its brief in making suggestions for resolving the inter-state issue, Tamil Nadu PWD Senior Engineers Association (TANSEA) observed on Monday. The AS Anand Committee was only asked to report on whether the dam was safe or not. It did not have any business making recommendations to Kerala to build another dam, TANSEA secretary A Veerappan,...
09:29 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: In a setback for the Kerala government in the Mullaperiyar dam row, a five-member Supreme Court-appointed panel has stated that the dam is safe. The report even backs Tamil Nadu's demand to raise the water level of the dam that lies in Kerala's territory from 136 feet to 142 feet. CNN-IBN has accessed the report prepared by the SC expert committee. The very basic question, how safe is...
08:22 AM, May 05, 2012
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
CHENNAI/THENI/VELLORE: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the memorial of the British engineer, Colonel John Pennycuick, who built the Mullaiperiyar dam, the lifeline of farmers of the Southern districts.She laid the foundation stone through video-conferencing from Fort St. George for the memorial which would cost of Rs 1.25 crore in the land owned by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TAN-GEDCO) complex at Lower Camp...
08:26 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam, over which Tamil Nadu and Kerala are at loggerheads, submitted its much-awaited report on various aspects of the structure on Wednesday. The five-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India AS Anand met on Monday and finalised the report that is understood to have focused on all aspects of the 119-year-old dam including its safety. The committee, which...
02:03 PM, Apr 25, 2012
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 committees tenure ends by the month end, and it has decided not to seek an extension. Today, it was revealed that the committee has received a letter written from the Tamil Nadu government to...
08:24 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Thiruvanathapuram: Reiterating its commitment to build a new dam at Mullaperiyar in place of the existing 116 year-old structure there, Kerala budget on Monday set apart Rs 50 crore for initial expense for the construction. Presenting the budget for the year 2012-2013, Finance Minister KM Mani termed the dam safety issue as "volatile" and "very serious." He said the new dam is planned to be built 1300 ft beneath the...
07:00 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Chennai: Voicing her opposition to certain sub-clauses of the draft Dam Safety Bill 2010, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought the Prime Minister's intervention as a standing committee had not addressed her government's apprehensions. Locked in a dispute with Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu is against the neighbouring state's stand on building a new reservoir to replace the existing 116-year-old structure. Kerala wants to dismantle it...
09:01 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Acting Kerala Governor H R Bhardwaj on Thursday said the state government was committed to building a new dam at Mullaperiyar. He also accused the previous Left administration of slowing down development. Speaking on the first day of the current session of the assembly, he said the Kerala government was keen to ensure good relations with Tamil Nadu, but it remains committed to building a new dam based on...
03:28 PM, Mar 01, 2012
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10:24 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Mullaperiyar central empowered committee met on Wednesday in Delhi. The Kerala government also submitted a plea to the empowered committee seeking more time to submit its report. The committee is yet to consider the plea. The Kerala govt has asked for more time to conduct tests on the current status of the dam, saying that tests were still continuing on the Mullaperiyar Dam. The report will be...
12:17 PM, Feb 15, 2012
