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NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government has rejected the conclusion of a recent study made by a two-member Delhi IIT team that the Mullaperiyar dam bordering Kerala and Tamil Nadu is ‘hydrologically unsafe’ for an estimated probable maximum flood (PMF) of 2.91 lakh cubic feet per second (cusecs) even when the water level is maintained at 136 feet and all 13 shutters are opened. “How can we accept the report that is prepared by the retired IIT professors (Dr. A.K. Gosain and Dr. Subhash Chander) on behalf of the Kerala government. Since they were appointed by the Kerala government naturally their report will be biased,” said Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister Durai Murugan on Wednesday. The Minister, who was here to attend a conference of the National Water Development Agency (NWDA), was talking to mediapersons. He hoped that the Supreme Court, where a case was pending, would reject the report of the IIT experts. He pointed out that an expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court had studied the structure and safety aspects of the dam and had recommended that the water level could be increased up to 142 feet after carrying out minor repairs. The report was accepted by the Central Water Commission. Earlier speaking at the conference, he said that upstream States should not have any objection to intra-river linking schemes to divert flood waters to needy areas by downstream States since they would not be parting with their waters once the water reached the downstream State. No link should be taken up either on priority basis or in isolation in case it affected the overall interests of downstream States. However, creation of storages, which is of paramount importance to such States, should be taken up at the first instance. He said that linkage of peninsular rivers should be taken up as a total project. There would be no harm in diverting the flood waters flowing waste into the sea, so that it could be diverted for optimum utilisation in needy areas for irrigation and especially where there was shortage of drinking water.
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