Saturday, 03 December 2011: Hardening its stand on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu Government today said it will not attend the official-level informal talks being convened by the Centre on Monday.“It has already been decided that the Government of Tamil Nadu will not participate in the informal discussion on Mullaiperiyar in New Delhi on December 5,” PWD Secretary M Saikumar said in a release quoting the state Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangi.
Reports said the Water Resources Ministry wanted to use the presence of Tamil Nadu officials, slated to appear before the Mullaperiyar Empowered Committee on Monday, for a meeting with Kerala officials.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday informed Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that he had asked the Water Resources Ministry to arrange an early meeting between officials of the two states to “sort out outstanding issues and allay genuine concerns”.
Responding to her letter, second in a week, asking him to restrain Kerala from creating a panic over the dam issue, Singh had sought Jayalalithaa’s cooperation and hoped that the issue would be sorted out amicably through dialogue.
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