Kerala Dam Controversy

Mullaperiyar Dam: Tamil Nadu today gained significant ground in a long legal battle with neighbouring Kerala over the controversial dam.

Tamil Nadu Government today said the repair work on the controversial Mullaperiyar dam has resumed after it took up with Kerala the issue of its officials allegedly preventing cement bags meant for the purpose.

Kerala will continue its legal battle in the Supreme Court to enable the construction of a new dam replacing the 116-year-old structure at Mullaperiyar. This depsite the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee's report asking Kerala to re-consider its demand for a new dam.

Amid reports that the Supreme Court Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar had found that the 119-year-old Mullaperiyar dam was safe, Kerala Water Resources Minister PJ Joseph on Saturday maintained that a new dam was the only solution to the long dispute with Tamil Nadu.

The five-member Empowered Committee - appointed by the Supreme Court - over the raging controversy on the Mullaperiyar Dam today rejected Kerala's demand to reduce the water level to 120 feet in the disputed structure. The committee said since the Supreme Court had ordered water level to be at 136 feet, it can't reduce the level to 120 feet.

As the controversy over the Mullaperiyar dam rages on, the two-member expert panel constituted by the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee today submitted its report on the safety of the disputed structure. Kerala, however, claimed that the panel's report was biased and opposed its consideration by the five-member committee.

As a major controversy continues to rage over the Mullaperiyar dam, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has become the latest to be dragged into the politically-charged issue. The minister has come under attack from Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy after he said that the state was voicing "unnecessary fear" over the dam with an eye on an upcoming ...

Adding fuel to the dam controversy, Mullaperiyar Special Cell Chairman M K Parameswaran Nair on Tuesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that even if the Mullaperiyar dam bursts, its entire water could be accommodated in Idukki dam.

Amidst controversy over his statement regarding the safety of Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala Advocate General (AG) KP Dandapani on Saturday made it clear that he would not resign from the post.

With controversy brewing over his submissions in the Kerala High Court on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Advocate General K P Dandapani met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at his residence on Sunday.

The producer of the controversial disaster film Dam 999, today moved the SC against banning the release of the film by the Tamil Nadu government.

Parliament members from Kerala on Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the Mullaperiyar dam controversy, saying the earthen dam was not safe and the state needed a new one. "All MPs from Kerala will be sitting on a fast in the parliament complex," Congress MP from the state PT Thomas said.

Sohan Roy, director of controversial film DAM 999 that released throughout India but not in Tamil Nadu, is happy because controversy helped the film.

Controversial film DAM 999, which has been banned in Tamil Nadu, was released nationwide in 550 cinema houses today.

Mullaperiyar Dam: Tamil Nadu today gained significant ground in a long legal battle with neighbouring Kerala over the controversial dam.

Tamil Nadu Government today said the repair work on the controversial Mullaperiyar dam has resumed after it took up with Kerala the issue of its officials allegedly preventing cement bags meant for the purpose.

Kerala will continue its legal battle in the Supreme Court to enable the construction of a new dam replacing the 116-year-old structure at Mullaperiyar. This depsite the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee's report asking Kerala to re-consider its demand for a new dam.

Amid reports that the Supreme Court Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar had found that the 119-year-old Mullaperiyar dam was safe, Kerala Water Resources Minister PJ Joseph on Saturday maintained that a new dam was the only solution to the long dispute with Tamil Nadu.

The five-member Empowered Committee - appointed by the Supreme Court - over the raging controversy on the Mullaperiyar Dam today rejected Kerala's demand to reduce the water level to 120 feet in the disputed structure. The committee said since the Supreme Court had ordered water level to be at 136 feet, it can't reduce the level to 120 feet.

As the controversy over the Mullaperiyar dam rages on, the two-member expert panel constituted by the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee today submitted its report on the safety of the disputed structure. Kerala, however, claimed that the panel's report was biased and opposed its consideration by the five-member committee.

As a major controversy continues to rage over the Mullaperiyar dam, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has become the latest to be dragged into the politically-charged issue. The minister has come under attack from Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy after he said that the state was voicing "unnecessary fear" over the dam with an eye on an upcoming ...

Adding fuel to the dam controversy, Mullaperiyar Special Cell Chairman M K Parameswaran Nair on Tuesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that even if the Mullaperiyar dam bursts, its entire water could be accommodated in Idukki dam.

Amidst controversy over his statement regarding the safety of Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala Advocate General (AG) KP Dandapani on Saturday made it clear that he would not resign from the post.

With controversy brewing over his submissions in the Kerala High Court on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Advocate General K P Dandapani met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at his residence on Sunday.

The producer of the controversial disaster film Dam 999, today moved the SC against banning the release of the film by the Tamil Nadu government.

Parliament members from Kerala on Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the Mullaperiyar dam controversy, saying the earthen dam was not safe and the state needed a new one. "All MPs from Kerala will be sitting on a fast in the parliament complex," Congress MP from the state PT Thomas said.

Sohan Roy, director of controversial film DAM 999 that released throughout India but not in Tamil Nadu, is happy because controversy helped the film.

Controversial film DAM 999, which has been banned in Tamil Nadu, was released nationwide in 550 cinema houses today.