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Kerala floods: Get TN to release water from Mullaperiyar to bring down water level, says plea in SC

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New Delhi, Aug 16: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to the Centre to arrange meetings with Tamil Nadu in the wake of the floods.

Kerala floods: Get TN to release water from Mullaperiyar to bring down water level, says plea in SC

The petitioner sought for a meeting between Kerala and Tamil Nadu on the Mullaperiyar dam in the backdrop of the floods. The court has agreed to hear the matter at 2 pm today.

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The petitioner also sought for a Disaster Management Plan to be activated.

Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday sent an SOS to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart in Tamil Nadu E Palaniswami on the rising water level in the Mullaperiyar Dam.

He asked Tamil Nadu chief minister to release water from Mullaperiyar Dam that was close to breaching the 142-feet mark, the maximum level that Kerala believes, the dam structure can safely hold.

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He also made phone calls to PM Modi and the Union Home Minister, urging them to nudge Tamil Nadu to release some water from the dam to bring down the water level to 139 feet.

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