Kerala will fight the Empowered Committee report that the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe and continue to press its case for a new dam at a Supreme Court hearing, scheduled to be held on July 23, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Water Resources Minister P J Joseph told the Assembly on Friday.
“The empowered committee which concluded that the dam was indeed safe has also proposed a new dam. We have to highlight the positive side and strive to achieve it,” Chandy said.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/mullaperiyar-state-press-sc-new-dam
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-kochi
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-institute-technology-iit
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dam-safety
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-linking
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
