Says related issues can be discussed

The Kerala government moved the Supreme Court on Thursday for a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to reduce the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 ft. to 120 ft.

Expressing serious concern over the alleged incidents of mob violence in Kerala threatening the safety of the Mullaiperiyar Dam, Tamil Nadu chief minister Ms Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged the Prime

The Kerala government on Friday informed the state High Court that at least 450 families living near the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam area would be evacuated to safer places soon.

In a counter-affidavit, the government also said that a mock safety drill will be conducted near the dam area.

Mullaiperiyar or Mullaperiyar? Where one stands on the dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala can be easily revealed by how the name is spelt.

Kerala chief minister to write to his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa about the danger posed by the dam

Thiruvananthapuram, 23 Nov: Harping on the ‘grim danger’ posed by 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala today wanted the Tamil Nadu government to come forward for talks on the proposal to construct

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night held consultations with water resources minister PK Bansal on the Mullaperiyar dam – an old dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which has been re

‘Sequence and timing of tremors a pointer'

Even as the government is going all out to pacify the people affected by the tremors experienced in parts of Idukki district last Friday, a section of earth scientists feel that the increased seismic activity in the area can be attributed to the reservoir of the Idukki arch dam.

A combination of solar and hydroelectric power generation with pumped storage can provide a solution to the State's power woes and form the backbone of a sustainable energy system for Kerala, according to R.V.G. Menon, social activist and former director of the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT).

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