Mullaperiyar Row

Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.

Kerala today asserted that construction of a new dam is the only solution to resolve the dispute over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam and said it will take up this demand with the Centre.

Strongly criticising his arch rival Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today demanded to know the state government's action plan on the dam row against the background of a review petition in the Supreme Court filed by Kerala.

Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.

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.

A five member panel appointed by the Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar Dam row has said that the dam is safe and Kerala should reconsider its proposal to build a new dam.

A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice DK Jain, posted the matter for further hearing to July 23, while permitting the two warring states to get copies of the report in a sealed cover.

Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) on Monday announcing its support to a strike call by an anti-dam panel.

Questioning whether the state can violate a citizen's fundamental right to free speech and expression, the Supreme Court on Friday asked Tamil Nadu to explain its decision to ban "Dam 999", a feature film purportedly based on the Mullaperiyar dam row.

In a new twist to the ongoing row over the Mullaperiyar dam, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M Karunanidhi today demanded that the structure and its catchment areas be made a part of the state.

Amid the simmering Mullaperiar dam row, Tamil Nadu government today announced setting up of a memorial for British engineer Col Penny Cuick, who had constructed the dam at Lower Camp in Theni district over 116 years ago.

Amid the simmering Mullaperiar dam row, the Tamil Nadu government today announced setting up of a memorial for British engineer Col Pennycuick, who had constructed the dam at the Lower Camp in the Theni district over 116 years ago.

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.

Rejecting the opposition criticism that the Centre was remaining a mute witness to the Mullaperiyar dam dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Union Minister Vayalar Ravi today said the Centre could not take a "unilateral" stand on an issue involving two states.

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.

Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.

Kerala today asserted that construction of a new dam is the only solution to resolve the dispute over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam and said it will take up this demand with the Centre.

Strongly criticising his arch rival Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today demanded to know the state government's action plan on the dam row against the background of a review petition in the Supreme Court filed by Kerala.

Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.

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.

A five member panel appointed by the Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar Dam row has said that the dam is safe and Kerala should reconsider its proposal to build a new dam.

A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice DK Jain, posted the matter for further hearing to July 23, while permitting the two warring states to get copies of the report in a sealed cover.

Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) on Monday announcing its support to a strike call by an anti-dam panel.

Questioning whether the state can violate a citizen's fundamental right to free speech and expression, the Supreme Court on Friday asked Tamil Nadu to explain its decision to ban "Dam 999", a feature film purportedly based on the Mullaperiyar dam row.

In a new twist to the ongoing row over the Mullaperiyar dam, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M Karunanidhi today demanded that the structure and its catchment areas be made a part of the state.

Amid the simmering Mullaperiar dam row, Tamil Nadu government today announced setting up of a memorial for British engineer Col Penny Cuick, who had constructed the dam at Lower Camp in Theni district over 116 years ago.

Amid the simmering Mullaperiar dam row, the Tamil Nadu government today announced setting up of a memorial for British engineer Col Pennycuick, who had constructed the dam at the Lower Camp in the Theni district over 116 years ago.

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.

Rejecting the opposition criticism that the Centre was remaining a mute witness to the Mullaperiyar dam dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Union Minister Vayalar Ravi today said the Centre could not take a "unilateral" stand on an issue involving two states.

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.