Saturday, December 24, 2011: Kerala Minister KM Mani today said that his party had not backtracked from the Mullaperiyar Dam agitation, but only temporarily stopped since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had given assurance to initiate steps to resolve the issue.Speaking to the reporters after the steering committee meeting held here on Saturday, he added that Kerala Congress had only temporarily stopped the Mullaperiyar dam agitation considering the assurance of Singh.
Kerala has been pressing for twin demands: for a new dam and lowering the water level in the reservoir to 120 feet from 136 feet as an immediate safety measure.
Kerala has been witnessing a series of protests by various political parties and social groups for a new dam in the wake of recent tremors in the region and rising water level in the dam, located in Kerala’s Idduki district but maintained by Tamil Nadu under a 999 year lease.
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