Design of new Mullaperiyar dam to be ready by December
The Hindu
The new dam could cost around over ₹2,000 crore and take four years to complete
The design of the new Mullaperiyar dam, which would replace the ageing one, would be ready in two months as experts are busy working on the hydrological safety of the proposed structure.
The dam is back in news after Tamil Nadu on Friday following heavy rain in the catchment area and Kerala evacuating families living in the downstream areas. Kerala has also restarted its campaign for constructing a new dam.
Mullaperiyar dam had evolved as a high-voltage socio-political issue in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Though the dam would be designed by Kerala, it would require the concurrence of Tamil Nadu for the State to go ahead with the construction. The new design and its detailed project report will have to be handed over to Tamil Nadu, according to experts.