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| Kerala CM Oomen Chandy meets PM |
| Mullaperiyar dam row: Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy meets PM
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| INDIA
, 2-December-2011
5:20:18 AM |
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Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention for an early solution to the Mullaperiyar dam row. The Chief Minister, who met Dr Singh today, described as unfortunate Tamil Nadu's stand dismissing fears over the dam's safety.
The people were anxious after "continuous comments" on the issue, Mr Chandy said after meeting the Prime Minister. Earlier, he met the Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
MPs from Tamil Nadu's ruling party, the AIADMK, are also slated to meet the PM over the same issue.
Yesterday, the two warring sides engaged in open fire over the dam. First, Mr Chandy wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, asking her to reduce the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam, mainly for safety reasons - the structure is more than 100 years old and the region where it is located has seen several tremors lately, at least 20 since July.
Tamil Nadu, however, has been demanding that the dam's water level be increased to meet its growing irrigation needs.
Ms Jayalalithaa sent an acerbic reply in which she referred to "unwarranted provocations from across the border" and "the fear psychosis generated in Kerala." She said that contrary to Kerala's claims, there have been four minor tremors in the area, none of them close enough to the dam to merit concern.
The heated exchange came after Ms Jayalalithaa took the Kerala government to court over the dam row. In the Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu argued that the Kerala government "is spreading panic among the public about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam which is not true." Ms Jayalalithaa has asked the court to stop officials in Kerala from commenting on the possible construction of a new dam.
But Mr Chandy today reiterated that building a new dam was one of the options which should be considered. "We are ready to give full assurance to Tamil Nadu on water" he said.
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