Mullaperiyar: build new dam to end threat to lives, Kerala tells SC
The Hindu
A cascading failure of Mullaperiyar and Idukki will result in a catastrophe, it says
The Kerala government made a strong pitch in the Supreme Court to decommission the 126-year-old “deteriorated” operated by Tamil Nadu and build a new one, saying climate change, erratic and heavy rainfall and floods make the spectre of catastrophe real and near.
Kerala’s affidavit coincides with a red alert issued in The Chennai rains came in the heels of several days of downpour in Kerala.
The State also referred to the also known as the Chamoli disaster of February 2021, mainly attributed to the climate change in the environs of the Nanda Devi National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site.
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