Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday asserted that his government would build a new dam to replace the 116-year-old Mullaiperiyar dam but made clear he would not undertake the work without

Several families in Idukki district, where the contentious Mullaiperiyar dam is situated, have stopped their children from school for fear of drowning if the 116-year-old dam breaches, according to ch

Within 24 hours of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa raising the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Centre told Tamil Nadu on Monday it had deferred constituting an expert team to draw a 'conting

Against the backdrop of Kerala pushing for an out-of-court settlement of the Mullaiperiyar issue, the Tamil Nadu government has decided not to send its public works and water resources department secr