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Kerala for bilateral talks with TN on river water issue
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 01: Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony today told the assembly that the government wanted to resolve the issue of renewing the Parambikulam-Aliyar inter state river water sharing agreement with Tamil Nadu by holding bilateral talks.
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 01: Kerala Chief Minister A K
Antony today told the assembly that the government wanted to
resolve the issue of renewing the Parambikulam-Aliyar inter
state river water sharing agreement with Tamil Nadu by holding
bilateral talks.
Replying to a calling attention to the necessity for
taking steps to renew the agreement, Antony said the
government would adopt arbitration process only if the talks
between the two states failed.
The Parambikulam-Aliyar inter-state river sharing
agreement was signed in 1970.
Stating that steps were on to review the agreement which
was due in 1988, Antony said the technical committee,
comprising two experts from both states, had already been
constituted.
'If we get the 10 tmc of water from Mannakadavu, the
drought situation now experienced in Palakkad ditrict,
especially in Chittoor area, can be solved to a great extend',
he said.
Antony said Kerala's view was that states should share water according to the quantity of inflow in rivers. The agreement would be renewed by protecting the interests of the state, he added.
Bureau Report
Antony said Kerala's view was that states should share water according to the quantity of inflow in rivers. The agreement would be renewed by protecting the interests of the state, he added.
Bureau Report