Panel has accepted Kerala’s demand for new dam: CM

Friday, July 6, 2012: Maintaining that a Supreme Court appointed panel on Mullaperiyar Dam had accepted Kerala’s demand for a new reservoir, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the state, which is locked in a row with Tamil Nadu on the issue, would bring it to the court’s notice.


“The (Supreme Court appointed) Empowered Committee has accepted the idea of a new dam. We will be highlighting that in the apex court”, Chandy told the assembly.


Chandy made the intervention during question hour after Water Resources Minister P J Joseph said the panel report was biased against Kerala but the state was firm on pressing ahead with its demand for a new dam.