Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to prevail upon Kerala to desist from building a new dam and not to escalate the issue, when the matter was sub judice before the Supreme Court and the Empowered Committee.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, she said reports of vandalism against Tamil Nadu State transport buses, apart from mischievous and vicious provocation across the State border being indiscriminately indulged in, had been brought to her notice. “While a lot of restraint from our side is being exercised, it would be prudent to advise the Government of Kerala to ensure that miscreants refrain from disturbing the public order and disrupting normal life,” she said.
“It has been reported in the media that the Government of Kerala continues its shrill pitch and maintains that the Mullaperiyar Dam is not safe and that the only solution would be to construct a new dam in spite of the pending suit in the Supreme Court,” she said.
Reiterating that the retrofitted Mullaperiyar dam was safe and functioning as good as new, she said Kerala should be advised not to precipitate matters in the interest of both the States.
She said she had already written a letter on September 23, and was looking forward to his response.
