Former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair, on Saturday, said the Mullaperiyar dam row required a scientific solution not a political one.

Plan includes walkway by the Meenachil river
Half a dozen tourism projects are being implemented in the district at a cost of Rs. 5 crore by District Tourism Promotion Council this year.

Top on the agenda is the Thazhathangadi Beautification Project, being taken up at a cost of Rs.72.23 lakh. According to Jijo John, secretary of DTPC, the project will be implemented by KITCO and work will commence in a month.

A dawn to dusk State-wide hartal called on Wednesday by a forum supporting Kerala’s stand on constructing a new dam was total in Idukki district, where the 116-year old dam is situated and was part

Minister for Revenue and Vigilance Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the State government will not backtrack on its demand for a new dam to replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam.

He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a training programme for government officials at the district collectorate here on Tuesday.

KOTTAYAM: 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 (Man

The minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences, Mr.

Even as two-member technical team from Pune is intensifying drilling work to collect sample of construction materials to confirm the strength of the Mullaperiyar dam, protests rallies and demonstrations against Kerala government and in support of the dam issue has been continuing as usual in the district on Thursday.

Around 500 members of Federation of Marvar Associations took out a rally on Theni-Madurai Highway and staged demonstration on Sri Bagavathi Amman Temple ground in the town this morning.

Rejects Tamil Nadu's stand that a new dam is not necessary as the present one is safe

Despite the unanimous opinion of two experts of the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee that the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe, Kerala has pressed for the construction of a new dam. In a fresh application filed before the committee, Kerala said, “The public authority is endowed with responsibility to take a final call on the replacement of a dam by considering the human factors, viz., the extent and nature of damage to life and property, if dam fails and ecological considerations.”

KOCHI: Kerala High Court today disposed of a batch of petitions raising concern over safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam after some petitioners expressed satisfaction over measures taken by the state government.

The petitioners, including Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan, had moved the court complaining of the inadequacies of the safety measures.

MADURAI: Calling for restraint in the ongoing Mullaiperiyar dam row, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday steered clear of passing orders on a petition seeking deployment of Central