Mullaperiyar row: Advocate General meets Chandy
Mullaperiyar row: Advocate General meets Chandy
Kerala wants a new dam as it fears that a strong earthquake might damage the existing 116-year old dam.

Kochi: With controversy brewing over his submissions in the Kerala High Court on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Advocate General KP Dandapani on Sunday met Chief Minsiter Oommen Chandy at his residence at Puthupally in Kottayam.

Chandy told reporters in Kottayam that the Advocate General (AG) had met him and explained his stand. "I have asked him to explain his stand to the state Cabinet on Wednesday."

The Chief Minister asked him to explain the proceedings in the court on December 2 when he had allegedly made controversial submissions, sources said.

While making statements in the court on Friday on the safety measures being taken by the government in the event of the dam's collapse, Dandapani purportedly said three downstream dams of Idukki, Kulavamuvu and Cheruthoni could hold the waters of Mullaperiyar.

Dhandapani told Chandy what he had informed the court was solely based on information as well as records given by the Revenue Department and Additional Chief Secretary, the sources said.

Revenue Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan had denounced the AG's submission in the High Court which had contradicted the state's stand on the issue.

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