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Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar said successful his code to the Assembly connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) that the Tamil Nadu authorities volition instrumentality steadfast measures to forestall the Kerala government’s effort to physique a caller Mullaperiyar dam and volition instrumentality concerted enactment to transportation retired repair works successful the dam country and rise the h2o level of the dam.
The Governor said the Mullaperiyar dam is the lifeline of the radical of the confederate districts. In 2014, the Supreme Court ordered that the h2o level of the Mullaperiyar dam whitethorn beryllium raised to 142 feet and besides advised that the level whitethorn beryllium raised further to 152 feet aft strengthening the dam.
“However, the authorities of Kerala, portion continuing to garbage support to transportation retired strengthening works connected the dam, has alternatively been pressing its request for gathering a caller dam,” helium said.
‘Mekedatu volition impact farmers’
Noting the Cauvery delta portion is the granary of Tamil Nadu and the farmers of this portion beryllium connected the Cauvery arsenic their main h2o source, helium said, “Tamil Nadu has had the close to usage Cauvery h2o since clip immemorial. Even aft our close was upheld by the Supreme Court, we person to conflict each twelvemonth to get Cauvery water.”
“Instead of giving our owed stock of water, lone surplus h2o is being released to Tamil Nadu by the authorities of Karnataka. In this situation, the authorities of Karnataka is attempting to instrumentality the Mekedatu project. If this task is implemented, cultivation accumulation arsenic good arsenic farmers’ livelihoods volition beryllium severely affected. This authorities is taking indispensable ineligible measures to halt it and to unafraid h2o for Tamil Nadu astatine the close time,” helium said.
Structural reforms successful HR&CE
To amended the medication of the State’s historical spiritual temples, the authorities volition transportation retired structural reforms successful the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department. Measures volition beryllium taken to afloat audit each temple properties, lands, and endowment revenues and to present transparent computerised accounts, helium said.
“Administrative malpractices that prevailed successful earlier times volition beryllium wholly eliminated and the authorities volition guarantee that each movable and immovable assets of the temples are utilized solely for their ineffable purposes,” helium said.
The authorities volition besides enactment connected a warfare footing to capable the indispensable posts of Assistant Professors and teaching unit that person been lying vacant for a agelong clip successful the State’s universities and higher acquisition institutions successful a transparent manner, strictly based connected eligibility and merit.
