‘Govt. let down Kerala on Mullaperiyar’
The Hindu
Opposition leader says permission given to cut trees has weakened State’s case
Leader of Opposition V. D. Satheesan has accused the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front Government of not protecting the interests of Kerala.
Inaugurating the United Democratic Front (UDF) Kozhikode district leadership conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Satheesan said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remained silent when Ministers took a contradictory stand on the orders for felling trees at the Mullaperiyar baby dam site.
He said Kerala’s argument in the Mullaperiyar case was weakened with the permission given to cut down trees. Mr. Vijayan and veteran CPI(M) leader V.S. Achuthanandan had earlier raised a hue and cry that if Mullaperiyar dam burst, over 40 lakh people in Kerala would drown in the Arabian Sea. The Chief Minister should now clarify whether the dam had strengthened or not since then.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, rejected a plea by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das to restore the electricity service connection to a bungalow in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district, and to restrain Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials from disturbing the power supply in future.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.