A Track-II diplomacy attempted by writers and cultural figures in Kerala and Tamil Nadu to find alternative solutions to the Mullaperiyar imbroglio ended in chaos in Kottayam on Saturday.

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Maintaining that a Supreme Court appointed panel on Mullaperiyar Dam had accepted Kerala's demand for a new reservoir, chief minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said the state, which is locked in a row with Tamil Nadu on the issue, would bring it to the court's notice.

The issue of unplugged holes of Mullaperiyar dam, which was threatening to once again cause a rift between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, was resolved smoothly Saturday with a concerned Tamil Nadu chief minis

The Kerala government has given a green signal to its minor irrigation and forest departments to permit transportation of cement by Tamil Nadu through its forest area to grout holes on the Mullaperiy

Union law and minority affairs minister, Salman Khurshid, on Monday said an amicable settlement to the Mullaperiyar row would be found soon to the satisfaction of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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Kerala government’s ‘obstructionist attitude’ in carrying out grouting works in Mullaperiyar reservoir has revived fears of massive people’s protests in Cumbum valley, the direct beneficiary of the da

The chairman of the Cauvery technical cell (CTC), Tamil Nadu, Mr R. Subramanian, has written to the chairman of Mullaperiyar cell in Kerala, Mr Parameswaran Nair, seeking cooperation and urging him to

With Justice A.S. Anand led Empowered Committee (EC) vindicating TN’s stand on the Mullaperiyar dam row, the state government has planned to step up its offensive shortly.

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The Madhav Gadgil Committee on Western Ghats has found that the Mullaperiyar dam is not safe for the ecology of the region and it should be dismantled – a position that the state has been taking for s

Madhav Gadgil Committee on Western Ghats has classified Mullaiperiyar in zone 1 of ecologically sensitive zones (ESZs) where dams more than 50 years old should be decommissioned.

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