Chennai: In the midst of a raging controversy over the logging of the tree, the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday told the Supreme Court that the Kerala Government continued with “obstructionist attitude” and prevented the state to carry out Mullaseriyar Dam activities.
The state government said that it regulates the reservoir according to the upper rule level resolved by the Central Air Commission from the Ministry of Union Jal Shakti.
In the response it was filed before the Supreme Court, the Tamil Nadu government, among others, said tree cutting to allow the strengthening of the baby dam was not permitted by Kerala despite repeating the direction of the Supervisory Committee.
“The permit was unaffected Principal of Kerala Forests (PCCF) and Head of Wildlife Warden November 5, and the next media reported a frozen permit.
The Tamil Nadu government accused the Kerala Government by playing “double games” and hindered the implementation of work ordered by the Supreme Court in 2014.
“The Kerala Government has a little award for the direction of the Committee who also asks him to allow it to allow it to allow it to allow it to carry out the equilibrium And to repair Jalan Ghat (the only land route to the dam site), “the state argues.
The Tamil Nadu government said that the strengthening of work in Baby Dam was successfully thwarted by Kerala for more than 16 years since the APEX court decision in February 2006.
Although repeated follow-up on the power connection to the Mullasiyar Dam since 2000, the same was restored only at 2021.
While Kerala Agree in 2015 to install rain gauges in the dam catchment area for inflow forecasting systems, the state was only installed in 2020 but had not shared data until now.
Kerala does not allow regular data collection from Thanikodi and Mullaikodi rainfall stations installed by Tamil Nadu.
Kerala’s statement and repeated applicants from the country submitted from time to time, among others, are looking for the decommission of existing dams and construction of new dams, which are entirely not permitted “in the light of the Supreme Court’s assessment of the Security of Dam.
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“Dams have been found hydrologically, structurally, and seismic, said Tamil Nadu, pointing to the three commands of the APEX court in 2006, 2014 and 2018.
The Supervisory Committee has regularly recommended strengthening the steps to the baby dam to order..
With submission of Kerala That the rule curve prepared by Tamil Nadu must be reconsidered by the Supervisory Committee in the light of his advice and remembering the age of the dam, located in the Seismik-III zone, the Tamil Nadu government said that it was relevant to mention it was examined for seismic strength that might occur in the zone , where the dam is located and is found safe by Central Airport and research stations, Pune, a central government institution.
Send a list of dams in the world built before Mullaseriyar Dam, which is strengthened and performed well, the Tamil Nadu government said: “Strength The Dam was previously examined by the Expert Committee in 2000 D Then by an empowered committee appointed by the Hon’ble court in 2010, which conducted 40 investigations, tests and studies and proved that the dam did not show symptoms of reducing material density and dam weight.
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Mullaseriyar Dam: Kerala has a little award for the direction of the Supreme Court Supervisory Committee, said Tamil Nadu
