Saturday, December 17, 2011: Sohan Roy,who directed the controversial ”Dam 999”, and an organisation highlighting the need for a new reservoir to replace the existing structure at Mullaperiyar, were selected for this year’’s KR Narayanan Puraskaram, an award instituted in memory of the former President.The award consists of a memento and a citation which will be presented to him at a function later this month.
The Tamil Nadu Government has banned ”Dam 999”, depicting collapse of a dam, after various political parties protested against it claiming it was based on Mullaperiyar dam issue over which the state and Kerala are locked in a row.
