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Apex court asks Kerala to allow Mullaperiyar
dam upkeep
Monday July 23, 2012 06:49:18 PM, IANS
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New Delhi: The
Supreme court Monday directed the Kerala government to permit
Tamil Nadu to undertake maintenance and cleaning work at the
Mullaperiyar dam.
The five-judge bench of Justice D.K. Jain, Justice R.M. Lodha,
Justice Deepak Verma, Justice C.K. Prasad and Justice Anil R. Dave
said the maintenance and the cleaning work at the dam would be
undertaken under the supervision of a three-member committee.
The three-member committee will comprise of a superintending
engineer each from Tamil Nadu and Kerala and an independent
representative nominated by the chairman of the Central Water
Commission.
The court's order came in pursuance of an application by Tamil
Nadu government, seeking directions to Kerala to permit
maintenance and cleaning of the dam by it.
The court has permitted 40 reports commissioned by an empowered
committee be given to both Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The empowered
committee headed by the former chief justice of India, Justice A.S.
Anand, was set up by the Supreme Court to look into the safety of
the dam.
The Justice Anand committee, set up in February 2010, was mandated
to study all aspects of the 119-year-old dam including its safety.
The committee submitted its report to the apex court in April.
When counsel for Tamil Nadu told the court that they be permitted
to lay a road from Vallakadadu to Mullaperiyar, Kerala's counsel
contended that the proposed road would require cutting of trees.
Kerala told the court that granting permission for laying the
roads that may affect forests came under the domain of the union
environment and forests ministry.
Both Tamil Nadu and Kerala are at loggerhead over the dam. Kerala
had in 2010 had advocated dismantling of the dam, holding that its
structure was not safe, while Tamil Nadu opposed it.
The Tamil Nadu government is managing the dam ever since its
inception. Tamil Nadu, while holding that there was no threat to
the structure of the dam, is seeking to increase its water level
from the existing 132 ft. to 136 ft.
It was to resolve this imbroglio between Kerala and Tamil Nadu
that the Justice Anand committee was set up to go into the safety
aspect of the dam.
The court would next hear the case Aug 31.
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