Tamil nadu Response to the Mullaperiyar Dam Issue
Kerala has been repeatedly trying to make Tamil nadu accept the imortance of building a new dam. But the response from the other end has been cold. Why? The fact that Mullaperiyar Dam though in Kerala is controlled by Tamil nadu might prove to be the reason. The money that Tamil nadu pays Kerala for the amount of water it takes is too meagre when considering similar such aggrements in india and abroad.
Hence the fear of Tamil nadu that they may loose the contract and control of the dam if a new dam is built is logical.But what seems to be disregarded is the danger that this dam poses to the people of the neighboring districts in Kerala. Even the studies and findings by the IIT Kanpur professors seems to be not acceptable to them.
Further the move by Tamil nadu government to advertise in various Malayalam dailies using certain supreme court comments taken out of context has been criticized like anything by the apex body itself. The furour in that state has even forced the home minister of india to take sides with his home state in this issue.That further raised another day of outrage in the media of the country.
The end result has been that various means of travel between the states has been widely affected .Buses has been cancelled and many film shootings of Kerala films has been forced to stop in Tamil nadu. There is even reports that many groups in Tamil nadu is brainwashing the tamil workers in Kerala and making them to come back to Tamil nadu and cry out in the media how badly they were being treated in Kerala.
The close relations between both the states has been widely affected and there has arisen a sense of enmity among the people. Whenever we see a Tamilian these days, this issue comes to our minds.Hopes the issue is solved soon.
