Farmers demand all-party meeting to discuss Cauvery, Periyar dam issues
The Hindu
Farmers have appealed to Chief Minister M.K. STalin to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the Mekadatu dam and Mullaperiyar dam issues.
Talking to reporters here on Monday, president of federation of Periyar-Vaigai Irrigation Farmers Association P.R. Pandian said that Congress along with the Pinarayi Vijayan Government was trying to demolish the Mullaperiyar dam.
"Engineers from Tamil Nadu were not allowed to enter the dam," he alleged.
Tamil Nadu Government should give a befitting reply to the Kerala Government on the dam issue, which is the lifeline for irrigation of southern districts.
He said that if the Chief Minister continued to remain silent on the issue, farmers would take to streets, he said.
Hundreds of farmers from Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram took part in the hunger protest seeking to increase the water level in Periyar dam to 152 feet. They demanded that Baby dam should be strengthened and three-phase power connection should be restored in the dam site.
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