Mullai Periyar Issue : News Line 12/12/2011

Don't play with lives over dam: Stalin to Kerala

CHENNAI: DMK leader M.K. Stalin Monday asked Kerala not to play with the lives of people of Tamil Nadu by "false propaganda" about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam.

Addressing a gathering ahead of a protest fast at Tambaram near here, Stalin said: "Political parties in Kerala are carrying out false propaganda about the safety of Mullaperiyar dam."

The former deputy chief minister warned them "not to play with lives of people living in southern Tamil Nadu".

DMK’s day-long fast on dam issue begins

Tension continues at Kumily

Tension is prevailing in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border near Kumily check post with a hundreds of protestors marching towards the check post from Lower Camp in Tamil Nadu.

Police force led by George Varghese, Idukki District Police Chief, had positioned near the check post anticipating trouble.

The protestors were stopped at nearly 200 metres from the check post by the Tamil Nadu police at around 1 p.m. The local police were backed-up by the members of the India Reserve Battalion. Later, police officials from Armed Reserve Police and Kerala Armed Police had joined the forces at the check post.

Asra Garg, Superintend of Police, Madurai, held discussions with the senior police officials of the State regarding the law and order situation.

R. Sreelekha, Inspector General of Police, central zone, had reached Kumily on Sunday morning and held discussions with the officials. She had also visited the Rosapookandam near the check post where some miscreants had unleashed violence on Saturday.

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V S Achuthanandan , Oommen Chandy to meet Prime Minister on Mullaperiyar Dam issue

Thrissur, Dec 11: Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly and senior CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan today said that he would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to apprise the seriousness of the Mullaperiyar issue and demand construction of a new dam in place of the century-old dam.

Tamil Nadu ads holler Mullaperiyar is safe

Chennai, Dec 9: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday published full-page adverts in newspapers, asserting that the Mullaperiyar dam continued to be safe, just a day after the Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a resolution insisting that a new replacement dam be built, escalating the standoff between the two neighbouring states over the 116-year-old structure.