DISMISSING the contention of opposition parties that the DMK government had compromised the rights of the State by allowing the constitution of a high-level committee to study the safety aspects of Mullaiperiyar dam, Chief Min- ister M Karunanidhi on Friday said that "nothing is lost now as the Tamil Nadu government has not compromised its rights''.
New Delhi: The Mullaperiyar dam case took a new twist on Wednesday with the Supreme Court constituting a high-level empowered committee to go into all issues, including the safety aspects of the dam, raising the water level beyond 136 ft as also Kerala
KATTAPPANA: Engineers of the Lal Bahadur Sastri Centre for Science and Technology will start drilling on Tuesday at five locations in the area identified for the construction of a new dam across the Mullaperiyar to study whether the rocks there are strong enough to support the proposed structure.
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has represented to Government of India to ask Narmada Control Authority (NCA) to allow raising the height of the Narmada dam from 12.92 metres, stationary since December 2006, to full reservoir level (FRL) of 138.68 metres.
In the hotly contested Mullaperiyar dam case, the focus on Tuesday turned to the feasibility of a new dam with the Supreme Court putting specific query to the lawyer of Tamil Nadu asking why the state was so "sensitive" about the construction of a new reservoir.
The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) with its major river systems has vast potential for hydropower development. Recognizing this potential, the Government of India in its recent initiative for 50,000 MW power generation proposes to develop several hydropower projects in the IHR.
