Chennai, Nov 13 : Questioning the silence of the ruling DMK’s allies on the Mullaperiyar Dam water storage issue, AIADMK Coordinator O.Panneerselvam on Saturday urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Chennai, Nov 13, : .Questioning the silence of ruling DMK allies regarding the Mullaperiyar Dam water storage problem, O.Paneerselvam, Coordinator of AIADMK, on Saturday urged Tamil Nadu Chief minister M.K.Stalin to convene an all party meeting to discuss the matter.Stalin should convene an all-party meeting to discuss this matter.Panneerselvam said that Tamil Nadu should not hold any talks with the Kerala government on the construction of a new dam by the latter.
Panneerselvam stated that Tamil Nadu should not engage in talks with Kerala on the construction a new dam.
The former Chief Minister said Stalin should also strongly question the Kerala government’s order which is hindering the steps taken to strengthen the Mullaperiyar Baby Dam.Stalin, the former Chief Minister, said that the Kerala government’s order to stop the strengthening of the Mullaperiyar Baby Dam was also a hindrance.
The Kerala government has frozen the tree felling order and also suspended the official for granting the permission.
The Kerala government has suspended the official responsible for granting permission and frozen the tree-felling order.
According to Panneerselvam, the Supreme Court had ordered that the Kerala government should extend its cooperation in strengthening the dam and its action of suspending the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Bennychen P.Thomas was contempt of the court.According to Panneerselvam the Supreme Court had directed that the Kerala government cooperate in strengthening the dam.The court also found it contemptuous of its actions of suspending Bennychen P.Thomas, Principal Chief Conservator for Forests Bennychen P.Thomas.
The AIADMK leader added that the silence of DMK’s allies like the Communist parties, Congress and others on the issue had made the people and the state farmers feel that they were backing the Kerala government.
Leader of AIADMK, he said that the silence of DMK allies like Congress, Communist parties and other on the issue made people and state farmers feel they were supporting the Kerala government.
“Keeping silent on the issue is akin to pledging the state’s interest with Kerala,” Panneerselvam said.Panneerselvam stated that “keeping silent on this issue is akin pledging state’s interests with Kerala.”
Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the dam, built under an 1886 accord between the then Maharaja of Travancore and the erstwhile British rulers.Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been at odds over the dam, which was built under an 1886 agreement between the Maharaja of Travancore (then) and the British rulers.
Though the dam is located in Kerala, it is owned, maintained and operated by Tamil Nadu.
The dam is situated in Kerala but is managed, owned and maintained by Tamil Nadu.
The Supreme Court on May 5, 2014, had decreed in favour of Tamil Nadu and permitted the state to raise the water level in the dam to 142 feet from its earlier storage level of 136 feet.
On May 5, 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tamil Nadu.It allowed the state to raise water level at the dam from its previous storage level of 136 to 142 feet.
In 2012, the Supreme Court empowered committee had said the Mullaperiyar dam is structurally safe.The Supreme Court authorized a committee to declare that the Mullaperiyar dam was structurally safe in 2012.
Even in 2006, the apex court had said that Kerala cannot obstruct Tamil Nadu from increasing the water level in the dam to 142 feet and from carrying out repair works.Even in 2006, even the apex court stated that Tamil Nadu cannot block Tamil Nadu’s ability to raise the dam’s water level to 142 feet or carry out repairs #Panneerselvam #silence #Mullaperiyar #Chennai #Tamil #Kollywood #Kerala #Malayalam #Mollywood
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