The empowered committee of the supreme court including C.D. Thatte and D.K.Metha inspected the mulaperiyar dam on dec 24 in the presence of both the state officials.
There were reports from the kerala officials that the committee was in favor of the tamil nadu officials and had been harsh on the kerala counterparts.It is even reported that the committee even asked the chief engineer P. Lathika to shut up when she started making her ideas public.If the officials themselves were not allowed to speak in front of the committee, it raises doubts about the decision committee will take on the issue.
Among the main points highligthed by the empowered committee includes:
- Dam safety guidelines taken in a time-bound manner.
- Removal of trees along the earth dam and protection of its slopes,
- Rubber pitching along the upstream phase,
- Relaying wearing coat on top of the Baby dam,
- Undertaking a study on the possibility of an extra outlet in Mullaperiyar
- Creation of blocks at the level of 155 feet around the reservoir,
- Marking of spillways in bold,
- Making the road between Vallakkadavu and the dam motorable at the earliest,
All though these points mark the expertise of the committee, it is widely criticized that the committee had no proper knowledge about the engineering safety aspects of a dam. If the exam is judged by the illiterate, then the result is obvious........
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| C.D. Thatte and D.K.Metha |
