Supreme Court to hear plea to reduce water level at Mullaperiyar dam in January 2025
The Hindu
Supreme Court to hear petition on reducing Mullaperiyar Dam water level to prevent breaching, citing recent landslides in Wayanad.
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 6, 2024) fixed in January a detailed hearing of a petition seeking to bring down the permissible water level of the Mullaperiyar Dam, situated in the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats, from 142 ft to 120 ft to obviate the possibility of the dam breaching.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyyan asked petitioner-advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara, who appeared online, to come and present his case in person in court.
The petition filed by Mr. Nedumpara referred to the recent landslides in Wayanad, which claimed over 220 lives, making it one of the worst natural disasters in recent times. “
“You have raised several constitutional issues. It is better you come to court and argue the case,” Justice Kant told Mr. Nedumpara.
The petition had referred to the landslides of July 2024 in Wayanad, which claimed 220 lives, making it one of the worst natural disasters in recent times.
“In view of the recent tragedy that occurred in Wayanad, the water level of the dam has to be brought below 120 ft as many experts have opined,” it said.
Mr. Nedumpara had red-flagged that if Mullaperiyar dam was breached, “lives and properties of five million people of Kerala would be at grave risk”.
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