GUWAHATI: Failing to elicit any response from the Assam Government towards their road blockade programme, anti-dam activists today said that they will extend their blockade of vehicles carrying goo

Keeping up the heat on the Centre over the raging Mullaperiyar dam row, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Kerala not to build a new dam,

After having fought a lonely battle against the state in their protest against the illegal Kalu and Shai dams in Murbad tehsil of Thane district, locals were surprised to find BJP, Shiv Sena, MNS a

‘Ask it not to venture upon the construction of a new dam'

Ms. Jayalalithaa said Dr. Singh should advise Kerala not to venture upon the construction of a new dam, since the retrofitted dam was safe and functioning well. Besides asking for the deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force and removal of all encroachments in the leased area, she said the Prime Minister should order the National Disaster Management Authority to withdraw its notification forming a team of experts to prepare a contingency response plan.

IDUKKI (Kerala), 23 DEC: Technical experts on the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on Mullaperiyar Dam issue today began their visit of dams in Idukki district and adjoining areas to pro

The Mullaperiyar dispute calls for creative political intervention and water management solutions

Concerned over developments in Tamil Nadu and Kerala over Mullaperiyar Dam row, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday asked people of both the States to maintain peace and tranquillity till

Says it amounts to “succumbing to subterfuge” of Kerala government

C.D. Thatte and D.K. Mehta are likely to submit report on December 26

Two technical members of the Empowered Committee — C.D. Thatte, former Secretary to the Ministry of Water Resources, and D.K. Mehta, retired Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission — will inspect the Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams from December 22 to 24.