TNPSC Thervupettagam

Mullaperiyar Dam Verdict

April 11 , 2022 873 days 637 0
  • Kerala had demanded that the Central Water Commission chairman be made the oversight committee chairman.
  • The Centre opposed it.
  • The Centre is of the view that the present Chairman of the Oversight Committee need not be replaced.
  • The Supreme Court had ruled that the legal powers of the National Dam Safety Authority in the Mullaperiyar case would be temporarily transferred to the oversight committee.
  • The court ruled that the oversight committee would be strengthened to include each member from both states.
  • The Central Government has also agreed to reorganize the committee.
  • Each committee will include representatives from the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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