Kerala calls for CM-level talks with TN on Mullaperiyar

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 8 (UNI) The Kerala Government will take steps to hold a Chief Ministerial level discussion with Tamil Nadu to resolve the Mullaperiyar imbroglio, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said today.

Talking to mediapersons here after a meeting of the State Cabinet, the Chief Minister said his government wanted to settle amicably the dispute over raising the storage level of the 111-year-old dam.

Though the Kerala Government was taking steps to find a solution to the dispute in the wake of the recent earthquake here that posed a threat to the safety of people living downstream, the Tamil Nadu officials took a provocative stand, he claimed.

It was in this circumstance the government wanted to hold a high-level discussions in the matter.

He said the question of increasing the storage level to 142 ft should be discussed in detail in the wake of the earthquake.

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