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A milky jolt to Kerala from TN
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Other, government, modification, tamilnadu on March 3rd, 2010
Tamil Nadu may once again cut down 
supplies to Kerala, with the state undergoing a lean period in procurement of the essential commodity, according to a spokesperson of the Tamil Nadu Cooperatives Society.
Tamil Nadu was supplying 1,05,000 litres of milk per day to Kerala as per a recent agreement. Due to a decrease in milk procurement during the lean season the state is currently supplying the Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) only 50,000 litres of milk per day, the spokesperson told Express on Tuesday.
“There is a likelihood of stopping this too to meet the demands of the state’s consumers. We are procuring 20 lakh litres of milk per day from the cooperative societies. Chennai alone consumes about 10.5 lakh litres per day,” the spokesperson said.
Earlier too, TN had suspended milk supplies to Kerala during a lean period. In April 2007 the State stopped sending milk t o Milma, saying it had no surplus.
Milma then procured milk from Karnataka and for a while from Maharashtra.
On whether supplies of milk were adequate for TN’s needs the spokesperson said, “This a lean season, and as such there is a dip in the procurement.
It is a normal phenomenon.” Currently the state procures 22.5 to 23.5 lakh litres on average per day from the cooperative societies. At the primary cooperative society level, the procurement is 26.22 lakh litres annual average per day, while at the district union cooperative level it is 23 to 23.5 lakh litres of milk per day. The spokesperson also said the buffalo population in the state had been hit and currently, cooperative societies under the she-buffalo crop rearing scheme were planning to raise milk production.
“We have brought 1,410 she-buffalos under the scheme. They will be reared and taken care of by the district unions. According to the 17th Livestock and Poultry Census, buffalo population in the state has decreased from 27.41 lakh in 1997 to 16.58 lakh in 2004.
Mullaperiyar Dam was not an interstate water dispute that needed resolution
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Court, Culture, competition, dam reports, government, illegal, tamilnadu on January 21st, 2010
Tamil Nadu Thursday told the Supreme Court that its dispute with Kerala on the Mullaperiyar Dam was not an interstate water dispute that needed resolution through a water tribunal.
Appearing for Tamil Nadu, senior counsel K. Parasaran told a five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice D.K. Jain, that Kerala’s argument questioning the apex court’s power to adjudicate the row on the dam on the ground that it was a interstate water dispute was wrong.
Parasaran said the dispute is only limited to whether the century-old dam can withstand the water pressure up to a height of 142 feet, and therefore the apex court was entitled to hear the matter. The bench also included Justice B. Sudershan Reddy, Justice Mukundakam Sharma, Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Deepak Verma.
He said Tamil Nadu is only challenging the Kerala legislation, which sought to negate the apex court judgment allowing Tamil Nadu to raise the water level to 142 ft, he said.
The constitution bench began hearing the interstate dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala since Tuesday.
On Nov 10 last year, a three-judge bench of Justice D.K. Jain, Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice R.M. Lodha, had referred the contentious dispute to the constitution bench, saying it had “substantive questions of constitutional law” involved in it.
This came after senior counsel K. Parasaran and Rajeev Dhawan for Kerala agreed that the matter involved issues of constitutional law.
The 113-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, located in Kerala’s Idukki district, is a bone of contention between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Kerala wanted the dam de-commissioned on the grounds that it has exceeded its life span and poses threat to the lives of millions of people in its periphery.
Tamil Nadu is opposed to any such move, saying the dam, despite being in Kerala, is under its control due to historical reasons.
The erstwhile kingdom of Travancore, now part of Kerala, had leased out 8,000 acres of its land in 1886 for 999 years to the then secretary of British India for construction of the dam, which was eventually commissioned in 1895.
The 1886 lease deed, known as the Periyar Lease Dead, was amended in 1970 to give Kerala an exclusive right of fishing in the Periyar water while Tamil Nadu was given an exclusive right to generate electricity from the dam on payment of Rs.12 to Rs.18 per kilo watt of generated power to Kerala.
Earlier, in 2007 the apex court had allowed Tamil Nadu to raise the water level in the dam from 136 feet to 142 feet.
Kerala, however, enacted a law, negating the Supreme Court judgment and restraining Tamil Nadu from raising the water level beyond 136 feet.
It further obtained an environmental clearance for constructing a new dam. This led to Tamil Nadu approaching the apex court challenging Kerala’s move.
CPI(M) opposes MDMK’s stir of blocking goods to Kerala
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Departments, Other, Water, dam reports, programme on December 29th, 2009
The Tamil Nadu unit of CPI(M) today opposed any move to ban movement of goods to Kerala and agitations on the Mullperiyar issue.
In a statement here, CPI(M) state unit secretary N Varadarajan referring to MDMK’s agitation, calling for ban on movement of goods to Kerala from Tamil Nadu on the Mullaperiyar issue, the state executive of the CPI(M) said this kind of agitations would only affect the cordial relations between the people of the two states.
The state executive, which discussed the issue, felt that ban on movement of goods and agitations would not help to solve the Mullaperiyar issue, he said.
On the other hand, they would only lead to hatred and confrontation between the two states, he said and called upon the people not to support such agitations.
He said the state government which had moved the Supreme Court after the Kerala government failed to implement the apex court’s order to raise the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam to 142 ft, should expidite the case.
The Tamil Nadu government, after obtaining an order, should take all steps to implement the same. While ascertaining our rights on inter-state water disputes, it was equally important to maintain inter-state relations,
Constitution Bench to hear dam case afresh
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, dam reports, government on November 25th, 2009
A five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear afresh from January 19, 2010 Tamil Nadu’s suit questioning an enactment made by Kerala that seeks to prevent raising of the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam beyond 136 ft as against 142 ft allowed by the Supreme Court in February 2006. On Monday, the Bench fixed the date after hearing senior counsel K. Parasaran for Tamil Nadu and senior counsel Harish Salve for Kerala. The court would permit only one lawyer to argue the case for each State. Mr. Parasaran would represent Tamil Nadu and Mr. Salve Kerala.
Both counsel said it would take a total of about eight to nine days to complete the arguments.
MDMK reiterates its stand on Mullaperiyar Dam issue
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Politics, government on November 14th, 2009
Marumalarchi DMK (MDMK) Supremo Vaiko today reiterated that MDMK will take all initiatives to impose economic blockade against Kerala, if it harmed the interests of people of Tamil Nadu.
Talking to newspersons here, Mr Vaiko, who was observing a day’s fast along with about 1,000 cadres at Vadakku Masi Street and Mela Masi Street Junction in the city to condemn the Centre and Tamil Nadu Government on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue, accused both the Centre and Tamil Nadu Government of failing to protect the interests of the people of Tamil Nadu.
Stating that Kerala’s unilateral stand might affect the economy of southern districts of Tamil Nadu, he alleged that when the Kerala Government claimed to have achieved success following the permission granted to carry out a survey to build a new dam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had failed to apprise the Centre of the situation.
When Mr Karunanidhi got important portfolios in the Union Cabinet by meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, why he (Karunanidhi) had not met Dr Singh on the vital issue, he questioned.
Ridiculing the Kerala Government’s contention that Mullaiperiyar Dam was weak, he said it was one of the dams built with a very strong foundation and it could withstand if its height was raised to 142 feet from the present 136 feet.
He said his party was not against the people of Kerala or the Kerala Government, but it would oppose any move to build new dam that would affect the interests of the people of Tamil Nadu.
”I will visit each and every village in Tamil Nadu to garner the support of the people on the party’s struggle against the Kerala Government on the dam issue,”
Supreme Court to refer the Mullaiperiyar dam row to a constitution bench, M. Karunanidhi
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Others, government on November 13th, 2009
Facing flak from the opposition after Tamil Nadu agreed in the Supreme Court to refer the Mullaiperiyar dam row to a five member constitution bench, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Friday hoped the saying ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ would not come true for his state.
“The state had approached the Supreme Court in December 1998. Eleven years later when all were expecting Tamil Nadu to get justice, the decision to refer the case to a constitution bench surely makes us wonder for how many more years one has to wait,” he said, according to a statement issued here.
The Supreme Court Nov 10 decided to refer the case to a bigger bench after Kerala raised constitutional issues and said the apex court’s 2006 judgement allowing raising the storage levels by six feet to 142 feet is not binding on it.
Soon after the 2006 judgement, the Kerala assembly passed a law which effectively nullified the apex court order.
Tamil Nadu had filed a case in the Supreme Court against the Kerala law, which the court has referred to a five member constitution bench. Kerala too had filed a case in the apex court seeking a review of the 2006 judgement.
Stressing it was not his practice to comment on court judgements nor is he like his Kerala counterparts to pass a law that nullifies court orders, Karunanidhi remarked that he has some doubts that needs to be raised and cleared.
“The Supreme Court had ordered raising of storage level in Mullaiperiyar dam from 136 ft to 142 ft on Feb 27, 2006. It is said an apex court judgement is supreme to all. What happened to that judgement?” he asked.
He wondered what would happen if all the states start enacting laws to negate a Supreme Court judgement if it goes against them.
Referring the apex court’s decision to refer the case to a constitution bench without any comment on the Kerala government’s law that nullified its earlier judgement, Karunanidhi wondered if this would not embolden other states to act on their own.
He said the Kerala government in its petition filed April 3, 2006 to review the judgement had not raised the constitutional issues that were raised now.
“The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the case to a constitution bench also makes us wonder why such a decision is being taken,
Kerala crossing limits on Mullaperiyar dam issue : Karunanidhi
Posted by Admin Madurai Tamilnadu India in Politics on October 20th, 2009
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today accused Kerala of crossing the limits by going ahead with the survey for construction of a new Mullaperiyar Dam, despite the fact that the matter was subjudice.
In a statement here, Mr Karunanidhi, referring to reports that Kerala had started the survey for a new dam, said the move was against the rule of law and democracy as the matter was subjudice and the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Government, challenging the permission granted by the Centre for Kerala to conduct the survey, was set to come up for hearing before the Supreme Court.
”Those who believe in democracy and rule of law should ponder whether it was right on the part of Kerala to unilaterally bring in amendments and conduct the survey, assuming itself as a Court of law and crossing the limits of subjudice,” he asked.
He also sought to know whether it was proper on the part of Kerala Government, having a renowned national party in power, to resort to such steps.
Tamilnadu and Kerala State moves apex court against dam survey
Posted by Admin Madurai Tamilnadu India in Uncategorized on October 8th, 2009
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the permission granted to Kerala by the Central government for a proposal to conduct a survey and an investigation in the Periyar Tiger Reserve area to build a new dam in place of the Mullaperiyar dam.
The application, drawn by counsel G. Umapathy and filed by counsel R. Nedumaran, in the main suit sought a direction to stay the Centre’s permission and restrain Kerala from doing the survey.
Kerala had submitted to the Central government thus: “The proposal is for [a] survey in the National Park/sanctuary for preparing a design of a new dam in lieu of the 113-year-old weak Mullaperiyar dam. The present proposal for conducting an investigation and [a] survey in the 2.50 hectare extent (500 m x 50 m) by using total station, boring for testing rock as per the specification of the Geological Survey of India (5 nos. bore holes 10 cm dia) for the construction of a new dam in Mullaperiyar at 1300 ft. towards the western side of the present Mullaperiyar dam on the course of the Periyar…”
The decision of the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife, announced on October 6, said it decided to permit a survey “without in any way affecting any other legal and administrative clearances required.”
Assailing the Centre’s decision, Tamil Nadu in its application said its suit against Kerala was listed for final hearing on October 20. In that suit, Kerala had filed its written statement stating that the [Kerala] Chief Minister had made a proposal for the construction of a new dam and “in the interim period when the new dam is being constructed, present flow of water to Tamil Nadu will be maintained.”
Tamil Nadu in its reply said the existing dam “is safe after the completion of strengthening works and there is no case made out for the construction of a new dam. Based on the pleadings, the court had framed 11 issues, of which Issue No. 9 pertains to the proposal for a new dam.”
But Kerala has led no evidence on Issue No. 9. “On the contrary, Tamil Nadu… has clearly deposed that the present dam is structurally safe and there is no necessity for the new dam.”
Centre has not permitted Kerala for survey on new dam – Tamil Nadu Govt
Posted by Admin Madurai Tamilnadu India in Chennai, Politics on October 2nd, 2009
Chennai : The Tamil Nadu government today asserted that the Centre had not given any permission to Kerala to undertake a survey for construction of a new dam near the Mullaperiyar dam.
In an apparent reaction to AIADMK supreme J Jayalalithaa’s charge that Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was doing injustice to the people of the state by compromising his stand on the construction of new dam near Mullaperiyar, an official release here said ”till date, the centre has not issued any official order to this effect”.
Stating that there were contradictory reports in a section of media that the centre has given its nod to Kerala to undertake a survey for building a new dam, the release said a section of the media was reporting the matter as they wished.
It said the Tamil Nadu Government had already lodged its protest with the centre on this issue. ”But till this date, the centre has not issued any official order” (for undertaking a survey to build a new dam).
In the absence of an official information from the centre, it would not be possible for Tamil Nadu to obtain a stay from the Supreme court to restrain Kerala from constructing a new dam, as suggested by someone, the release said.
”If anyone show or prove that the centre has passed an order in support of Kerala, the Tamil Nadu Government is ready to take immediate steps”, the release added.
Quoting Union Minister for Forest and Environment Jairam Ramesh, Ms Jayalalithaa in her statement yesterday said the centre had given permission to Kerala to undertake a survey and condemned the centre for according the permission, when the matter was subjudice.
This amounted to contempt of court, she said and suggested that the Tamil Nadu Government should have gone to the Supreme Court against the decision of the centre.
Tata Tele may start GSM services in Tamil Nadu this week
Posted by Admin Madurai Tamilnadu India in Communication on June 24th, 2009
NEW DELHI: Tata Teleservices is likely to launch its GSM services nationally under the Tata DoCoMo brand this week, that may start with Tamil
Nadu circle.
Sources said the company has lined up GSM launch in Orissa, Kerala, Karnataka in the next 10 days.
When contacted a Tata DoCoMo spokesperson declined to comment.
On June 10, the country’s second largest CDMA telecom operator while announcing the GSM services had said that the commercial launch would begin with the telecom circles in South India.
Tata Teleservices has the requisite spectrum to start GSM services in 18 circles out of the 19 for which it has licence under the cross over technology
.
The company had earlier said it would be investing $ 2 billion in the operations, the pan-India roll out of which would be completed by this year end.
The company is yet to receive GSM spectrum for the lucrative Delhi circle. Tata Tele does not have GSM license for three circles north east, Assam and J&K.
Tata Telecervices, predominantly a CDMA player entered the GSM bandwagon last year after the government allowed cross over technology policy entitling a survive provider to offer both GSM and CDMA cervices under the unified access license.
TTSL has become the second telecom service provider
after Reliance Communications to be providing services on both CDMA and GSM platforms.
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