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| Kerala opposes Central forces |
| Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan calls on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
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| INDIA
, 29-May-2007
1:10:41 AM |
| Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday informed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about his State's opposition to Tamil Nadu's demand for the deployment of Central forces at the Mullaperiyar dam site.
Meeting Dr. Singh shortly after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi called on the Prime Minister, Mr. Achuthanandan pointed out that any lapse on the security of the dam was more catastrophic for Kerala than Tamil Nadu.
Pointing out that there is no situation that warrants a review of the present security arrangement at the dam located in his State, the Kerala Chief Minister urged the Prime Minister to protect the "existing and established federal system in India'' and advise the Tamil Nadu Government to withdraw its demand for deployment of Central forces at the dam. According to Kerala, Tamil Nadu's demand for deployment of Central forces at Mullaperiyar is an "outright invasion on the rights of the owner State.''
Mr. Achuthanandan also sought Dr. Singh's intervention in impressing upon Tamil Nadu to return to the negotiating table on the vexed Mullaperiyar issue.
Railway division
At his meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr. Achuthanandan also raised the issue pertaining to the formation of the Salem Division of Railways by carving out areas under the Palakkad Division. "It is only natural justice that while development is ensured for a new division, survival is not denied to the old unless the decision of the Railways is to progressively close down the old division,'' the memorandum pointed out.
Seeking distress relief for farmers, the Chief Minister lamented the delay on the part of the Centre in extending the Vidharbha-model package of rehabilitation to the Idukki and Alappuzha districts of the State. He urged the Prime Minister for speedy action on this front.
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