Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin thanked his counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for the decision, a day after the Kerala government said on Sunday that it was unaware of permission to cut 15 trees below the Baby Dam in Mullaperiyar reservoir. Stalin on Saturday thanked Vijayan for “allowing” the felling of 15 trees below the Baby Dam in the Mullaperiyar Reservoir and said he was informed by his officials of the Water Resources Department that the bottom of the Baby Dam 15 trees were allowed to be cut. Mullaperiyar Dam has been provided by the Forest Department of Kerala.
“If there is such a situation, it should be reported to the government. As far as I understand, the Chief Minister’s Office, the Irrigation Minister’s office or my office is not aware of such a decision. There is a lapse. Report from News “I understand that permission was given and they have started cutting trees. We have sought a report from the concerned authorities,” Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran told the media here. In his message expressing gratitude, Stalin reiterated Tamil Nadu’s commitment to “take all steps necessary to further strengthen the Mullaperiyar Dam” and ensure the safety of people living downstream in Kerala. However, this became a controversy in Kerala as the state’s demand was for a new dam at Mullaperiyar and not for strengthening the Baby Dam.
Peerumedu MLA Vazur Soman told the media that the permission was given by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and the Chief Wildlife Warden. “The government was not aware of this. The stand of the state government is a new dam for Kerala and water for Tamil Nadu. Strengthening baby dams was against the state government’s policy and informed such decision to fell trees. Should have been done. State government. This was not a decision that could have been taken by the bureaucracy,” Soman told the media.
Meanwhile, former minister and UDF MLA PJ Joseph said that it is unbelievable that such an order has been issued by a bureaucrat. “Then the Minister has no right to continue in that post. The said order should be withdrawn.” BJP state chief K Surendran also came out against the order and said that the state government plans to make officials as scapegoats in the matter. “The CM and Sashindran are fooling the people of the state. They were aware of the order,” Surendran alleged.
Amid the ongoing standoff with Kerala over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department minister Duraimurugan had on Friday said that the water level in the reservoir would be raised to 152 feet after strengthening the Baby Dam. The two states are at loggerheads over the stability of the age-old structure, with Kerala insisting that it was not strong while Tamil Nadu maintained that it was not.
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