
Govt. cancels order allowing T.N. to fell trees in Mullaperiyar
The Hindu
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The State Government has cancelled the controversial order allowing Tamil Nadu to cut 15 trees and clear the undergrowth near the baby dam at Mullaperiyar to commence civic work to strengthen the ageing barrier.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition had alleged that the “dubious order” had served the interests of Tamil Nadu and imperilled that of Kerala in the interstate Mullaperiyar dam dispute.
A buttressed baby dam would bolster Tamil Nadu’s case in the Supreme Court to raise the water level at the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar barrier to a “dangerous” 152 feet.
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