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PROPOSAL FOR PAMPA-ACHANKOVIL-VAIPAR RIVER LINKING PROJECT RAISES CONCERN
The New Indian Express Kollam
|December 11, 2024
WHILE THE Kerala government is preparing to welcome Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin for the inauguration of the Periyar Memorial in Vaikom, a move by the neighbouring state to trigger another water dispute has raised concerns.
The annual general meeting of the National Water Development Agency (NWDA), scheduled to be held on December 17 has included a feasibility report on the Pampa-Achankovil-Vaipar link project which has triggered a controversy.
While experts in the state have cautioned that the project would sound the death knell for Vembanad Lake, the state government seems to be clueless.
While chief ministers and irrigation ministers are representing other states, Kerala is sending an official, additional chief secretary for water resources to the meeting.
This story is from the December 11, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Kollam.
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