Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Mullaperiyar - the truth behind it - An Award Winning Documentary on Mullaperiyar Dam Issue
Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed over the headwaters of the Periyar River in 1895 Kerala, India. It is operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu according to a 999-year lease agreement made during British rule.
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"DAMs - the lethal water bombs" could be termed 'a visual support' for Kerala's longstanding demand for constructing a new dam at Mullaperiyar.
An Award Winning Documentary on Mullaperiyar Dam Issue..
Director: Sohan Roy
Mullaperiyar Dispute
About Mullaperiyar [text taken from wiki]
Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed over the headwaters of the Periyar River in 1895 Kerala, India. It is operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu according to a 999-year lease agreement made during British rule. The dam's purpose was to divert the waters of the west-flowing Periyar River eastward, taking the water from the reservoir through a tunnel cut across the watershed and Western Ghats to the arid rain shadow regions of Theni, Madurai District, Sivaganga District and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu.
On 29 October 1886 a lease indenture for 999 years was made between Maharaja of Travancore and Secretary of State for India for Periyar irrigation works. The lease indenture inter alia granted full right, power and liberty to construct, make and carry out on the leased land and to use exclusively when constructed, made and carried out all such irrigation works and other works ancillary thereto to Secretary of State for India (now Tamil Nadu). By another agreement in 1970, Tamil Nadu was also permitted to generate power. Kerala argued that the agreement is not an equal one, but imposed on the local King by the mighty British Empire.
The government of Tamil Nadu has proposed an increase in the storage level of the dam from the currently maintained 136 feet (41 m) to the originally maintained 142 feet (43 m). The Kerala government has opposed this move, citing safety concerns for the more than hundred year old bridge and especially for the thickly populated 4 districts downstream. In 1979, safety concerns were raised by Kerala Government after a minor earthquake, after which a few leaks were detected in the Mullaperiyar dam. A state agency had reported that the structure would not withstand an earthquake above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government had increased its withdrawal from the reservoir, with additional facilities to cater to the increased demand from newly irrigated areas.
The arguments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are continuing in the Constitution bench of Supreme Court. But it id true that the old dam must be replaced. Take the selfish attitude out of the mind and think like a human. Just think there are 2500000 (25 lakh) people living in the downstream. Do their lives have no value????????
Live happy...share the bessing with others..
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullaperiyar_Dam
An Award Winning Documentary on Mullaperiyar Dam Issue..
Director: Sohan Roy
Mullaperiyar Dispute
About Mullaperiyar [text taken from wiki]
Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed over the headwaters of the Periyar River in 1895 Kerala, India. It is operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu according to a 999-year lease agreement made during British rule. The dam's purpose was to divert the waters of the west-flowing Periyar River eastward, taking the water from the reservoir through a tunnel cut across the watershed and Western Ghats to the arid rain shadow regions of Theni, Madurai District, Sivaganga District and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu.
On 29 October 1886 a lease indenture for 999 years was made between Maharaja of Travancore and Secretary of State for India for Periyar irrigation works. The lease indenture inter alia granted full right, power and liberty to construct, make and carry out on the leased land and to use exclusively when constructed, made and carried out all such irrigation works and other works ancillary thereto to Secretary of State for India (now Tamil Nadu). By another agreement in 1970, Tamil Nadu was also permitted to generate power. Kerala argued that the agreement is not an equal one, but imposed on the local King by the mighty British Empire.
The government of Tamil Nadu has proposed an increase in the storage level of the dam from the currently maintained 136 feet (41 m) to the originally maintained 142 feet (43 m). The Kerala government has opposed this move, citing safety concerns for the more than hundred year old bridge and especially for the thickly populated 4 districts downstream. In 1979, safety concerns were raised by Kerala Government after a minor earthquake, after which a few leaks were detected in the Mullaperiyar dam. A state agency had reported that the structure would not withstand an earthquake above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government had increased its withdrawal from the reservoir, with additional facilities to cater to the increased demand from newly irrigated areas.
The arguments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are continuing in the Constitution bench of Supreme Court. But it id true that the old dam must be replaced. Take the selfish attitude out of the mind and think like a human. Just think there are 2500000 (25 lakh) people living in the downstream. Do their lives have no value????????
Live happy...share the bessing with others..
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullaperiyar_Dam
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