Chennai: After the Supreme Court ruling today on the Mullaperiyar dam, farmers in Madurai in Tamil Nadu celebrated the verdict by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.
The apex court ruled Kerala's amendment to the Irrigation and water Conservation Act in 2006 as unconstitutional as it nullified its order the same year allowing storage up to 142 feet.
In the Melur area, Suresh Kumar is overjoyed. Over the last 20 years the triple paddy crop on his ten acre field was reduced to a single crop for want of water as water level in the dam was restricted to 136 ft. With prospects of adequate water, he told NDTV, "Now we are confident that we would be able to raise all three crops fully after almost 35 years. We are happy".
Though the dam is in Kerala, an agreement signed in 1886 between the British and the Travancore Maharaja gives Tamil Nadu rights over the waters for 999 years to use the water for drinking water requirement and irrigating around 2 lakh acres in the parched southern area.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has dedicated this victory to the people of the state. DMK Chief Karunanidhi too expressed happiness.
The apex court ruled Kerala's amendment to the Irrigation and water Conservation Act in 2006 as unconstitutional as it nullified its order the same year allowing storage up to 142 feet.
In the Melur area, Suresh Kumar is overjoyed. Over the last 20 years the triple paddy crop on his ten acre field was reduced to a single crop for want of water as water level in the dam was restricted to 136 ft. With prospects of adequate water, he told NDTV, "Now we are confident that we would be able to raise all three crops fully after almost 35 years. We are happy".
Though the dam is in Kerala, an agreement signed in 1886 between the British and the Travancore Maharaja gives Tamil Nadu rights over the waters for 999 years to use the water for drinking water requirement and irrigating around 2 lakh acres in the parched southern area.
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has dedicated this victory to the people of the state. DMK Chief Karunanidhi too expressed happiness.
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