IDUKKI: Kerala will submit a detailed project report to the Centre over the proposed construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar in place of the existing structure within six months.
This was stated by N K Parameswaran Nair, convenor of the three-member Mullaperiyar cell recently set up by the state government, after visiting the spot today where the survey for the new dam had been completed.
The Kerala high court decided to set up a green bench in November to hear environment-related cases every week
The "green bench" of the Kerala high court on Friday gave its first directive by asking authorities to immediately set up a garbage treatment plant near the Periyar River to save it from pollution.
KATTAPPANA: The water level in the Mullaperiyar dam fell to 135.5 ft on Wednesday as rain kept away and Tamil Nadu increased the discharge from the dam.
The Tamil Nadu Public Works Department on Monday claimed that there was no need for panic in Kerala even if the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam reached 142 feet. The water level permitted in the dam, as set by Kerala, is 136 feet.
The water level in the 113-year-old masonry dam at Mullaperiyar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border remained just two points below the maximum permitted level of 136 feet escalating panic among the people living on the banks of River Periyar in Idukki district of Kerala.
Thiruvananthapuram: A team of experts deputed by Kerala government claimed to have detected leakages at three spots on the 113-year-old Mullaperiyar dam over which the state is locked in a dispute with Tamil Nadu.
ANNOUNCEMENT of fresh leakages due to rising water level in Mullai- periyar dam by some Kerala officials has cleared the ground for Tamil Nadu to conduct maintenance work on the dam.
The water levels in the Mullaiperiyar dam reached 133 ft on Thursday.
The long-standing water dispute between the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala on raising the height of the century-old Mullaperiyar dam got prolonged on Tuesday after the Supreme Court referred the matter to a Constitution Bench.
Studies on the environmental distribution of radionuclides, namely 226 Ra and 228 Ra are important in the context of external and ingestion hazards evaluation. The Cochin backwater, located in the south-west coast of India is a potential sink for anthropogenic inputs of natural radionuclides. The estuary in its surroundings is located downstream of industrial complexes.
Continuing her tirade against the Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi, the AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Friday charged him with bartering away the rights of the people of Tamil Nadu people the Mullaperiyar issue.
