A writ petition was filed on Thursday before the Kerala High Court seeking to set aside the agreements amending the Periyar Lease Deed entered into between the Kerala Government and the Tamil Nadu Government in 1970.
Tamil Nadu will have no other alternative except to move the Supreme Court if Andhra Pradesh went ahead with the construction of a dam over the Palar river, State PWD Minister K Duraimurugan said today.
Vindicating the stand of Tamil Nadu Government that raising the water level of Mullaperiyar dam would not be a threat to the safety and security of its structure, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Kerala Government to raise it from 136 feet to 142 feet
