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Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025
The apex court asked both Kerala and Tamil Nadu to not to go into the history and concentrate on the future of the dam.
The apex court issued the directive after the central government told it that the it would take one more year to set up a new Dam Safety Authority.
The Additional Solicitor General said the Act has provisions for peculiar position where the owner is in one state and the dam in another.
If the supervisory committee so feels that the stability issue can be addressed better by having one more dam, that recommendation will be binding on both the states.
The state said that terms of reference of the study and details of the agencies for conducting the tests should be shared to the party states and approved by the supervisory committee.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would not issue notice on the fresh petition filed in the matter pertaining to the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam as all the broad issues are already there in the main matter and it will consider them. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar adjourned
According to a report published by a United Nations Institute, Mullaperiyar Dam is one of the six dams in the world which are structurally weak and and susceptible to failure.
As many as 483 people, who stood with the British Army engineer in implementing the idea, perished during the construction and were buried here.
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