Misleading campaign in TN has affected peace: Chandy

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 19 : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the misleading campaign in Tamil Nadu on Mullaperiyar dam issue has affected peace and harmony among people in both the States.

Releasing a book 'Mullaperiyar - Why the Demand for a New Dam,' written by KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala, Mr Chandy said though Kerala got full support on national-level for its genuine concern, the misleading campaign by certain sections in Tamil Nadu had created panic among common people. ''Every second is precious for millions of people living downstream of the dam in Kerala. Every-day is important for farmers in Tamil Nadu as they depend on water from Mullaperiyar dam. Kerala has no problem in giving any quantity of water to Tamil Nadu.

People in Tamil Nadu should understand this stand of Kerala. They should not fall into the false propaganda by vested interests. There is no hidden agenda for Kerala on the dam issue. We are ready to give this assurance to Tamil Nadu at any platform,'' he said. There were highly disturbing news about several instances of attacks on Keralites in Tamil Nadu on the eve of the current debate on the Mullaperiyar issue, he said.

''In Kerala we have taken every possible step to ensure that no person from Tamil Nadu is attacked. There are large number of students from Kerala studying in various institutions in Tamil Nadu. Their families in Kerala are in a state of anxiety. The Government will do all possible help for their return to Kerala during Christmas holiday,'' he added.

''Anti-social elements in both the States should not be allowed to create violence. Stringent action should be taken against those elements who are involved in such illegal acts,'' he said. ''It is unfortunate that the Mullaperiyar issue should spill over into events affecting peace and harmony among our people. We have always valued the excellent cooperation and goodwill between our two States,'' he said.

_ Agencies

Dec 19, 2011 

Reply from a Tamil to Malayalee Friend on Mullai Periyar.

You can find a letter addressed to a Tamil friend regarding the burning issue of Mullaperiyar in  this link 

A Tamil Friend's Reply Found Here...

Thanks for the wonderful , heart touching letter....
some simple questions left out....
If at all there is a problem in Periyar Dam , why don't your government give a chance to TN Government to rectify it...?
Your kerala government's attorney general recently clarified , even if Dam broken nothing will happen to public...what you have to say about that? 
if at all the DAM is dangorous then why Kerala failed to proove that in Supreme Court in the year of 2006 ( just 5years ago?)
unfortunately you people don't understand or pretend not to understand the real motive behind this unreasonable demand.....
offcourse , few hundred years ago we were all speaking same language and we are still brothers and sisters....
you can't find a single small town in tamilnadu with a malayalee..
another simple question...as per your opinion when the Dam not even withstands for 100 years , how there might be an agreement for 999years?

Regards From A

Tamil Friend.  

Letter from a Malayalee to Tamil Friend on Mullaperiyar

The letter to a Tamil friend from a malayalee friend

Dear Brother,

We just want to add sorry to the protests going on.
We are not enemies but friend
The protest is not against people of Tamil Nadu.
Most of the people believe that It is a water issue like Kavery dispute.
Its Not………………………..
Please understand.
The sudden dispute follows is due to fear of local people due to 24 small earthquakes for last two months. The local people have their own fears.
As we know in Koodam Kulam though experts and scientist are saying that plant is safe local people have their own fears. Then you can imagine about a dam of 115 years which is to be decommissioned 57 years before.
And that’s why there is a protest.
We don't need a single drop of water. It will be raining in Kerala at least for 300/360 days a year.
There is no scarcity of water here.

What Kerala has asked for is the permission to build a new dam and the request for new dam has to be considered seriously as human lives are in danger.
Kerala government is ready to give full authorization to get Tamilnadu 100% of water from new Dam.
We don’t want a single drop of water.
We are no enemies.
There is no problem between peoples of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
It’s all by politicians of both states.
So it is a false publicity that Kerala is doing all these for water
Moreover Tamilnadu is the water scare state in the country. It takes its share of water from the 3 states that surround it, if Mullaperiyar dam collapses other people will look to catch fish in the muddy water to change their r agreements with Tamilnadu in the court in other water issues which may affect it badly.

We feel sorry about any problems caused to you by us.
Kerala and Tamilnadu have been friends for thousands of years.
We have our food and grains from Tamilnadu as you no there are no proper agriculture in Kerala.
So it’s our need rather than yours to supply water for agriculture.

All other disputes are cheap political polling games.
Please never take it as a political issue.

We both are to be friends forever as before.
Let’s rethink on humanity.

Your friend
(Malayalees)


Krishnamurthy 


A tamil friend's reply can be found in this link