ON behalf of the high powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court, a team of technical experts from the Centre will inspect the Mullaiperiyar dam, using modern instruments for three days from Wednesday.
The Supreme Court appointed a five-member high powered committee to inspect the dam and report on the feasibility of increasing the storage c
KOCHI: The Kerala Irrigation Department has sought permission for the transfer of forest land for constructing the Periyar dam.
The executive engineer of the Minor Irrigation Department (MID), Kumily, has approached the Kerala Forest Department (KFD) with a request for allotting 50 hectares for the project.
5,146 acres, 468 acres of wet lands and 4,678 acres of dry lands, to be benefited.
Water will be supplied continuously for the next 120 days: Collector
THENI: Water has been released through P.T.R. Rajan and Thanthai Periyar canals to irrigate single cropping areas in both wet and dry lands in Cumbum valley, said Collector P.
ALUVA: The presence of an enormous number of worms in the Periyar near the Sivarathri Manalpuram has spread panic among the people since Wednesday evening. The earthworm-like reddish worm is 10 centimetres long.
Lakhs of worms are seen at the bathing ghat near the Siva temple here.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Sunday urged the Centre to uphold its responsibility for resolving water disputes the State had with neighbours such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the interests of maintaining national unity and integrity.
Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday The Tamil Wednesday announced its decision to send a representative to the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the Mullaperiyar row. Former SC judge Justice AR Lakshmanan has been chosen as the state's envoy to the five-member empowered committee.
Clearing the roadblocks for an amicable resolution of water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the century-old Mullaperiyar Dam, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain objections raised by the Tamil Nadu Government on allowing an expert committee to decide the issue of safety of the dam.
