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Kerala has registered a beardown protestation against the Centre’s determination to region the State’s typical from the five-member Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluation Committee (CDSEC), constituted to inspect the Mullaperiyar dam.
Water Resources Minister Mons Joseph, speaking to mediapersons present connected Sunday (June 21, 2026), said the State was not consulted earlier T.K. Sivarajan was removed from the sheet and that Kerala would not judge the decision.
“The Centre should person informed Kerala earlier taking specified a step. Instead, the determination was taken unilaterally and the State was simply informed done a letter. The Kerala authorities does not o.k. of this enactment and has conveyed its objection to the Centre. The bid should beryllium withdrawn and Kerala’s typical should beryllium reinstated successful the committee,” the Minister said.
Mr. Joseph questioned the rationale down replacing Kerala’s nominee with a typical from different State, pointing retired that the Mullaperiyar dam contented is presently nether the information of the Supreme Court and requires communal knowing and statement betwixt Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The Minister said the State authorities had conveyed its objection instantly aft receiving the connection regarding the removal of its nominee. “If determination were immoderate complaints against Mr. Sivarajan, Kerala should person been informed earlier specified enactment was taken. Instead, the State’s typical has been replaced by a idiosyncratic from Uttar Pradesh arsenic a representive of IIT Roorkee,” helium said.
Urging the Government of India to instantly reinstate Kerala’s typical connected the adept panel, Mr. Joseph said the State would instrumentality up the substance straight with the Union Minister for Jal Shakti if the contented was not resolved astatine the Secretary level.
Public safety
“Public information successful Kerala is our foremost concern. We stay steadfast successful our request for the operation of a caller dam astatine Mullaperiyar,” the Minister said. He added that Kerala was consenting to proceed supplying h2o to Tamil Nadu and that the contented should beryllium resolved done discussions betwixt the 2 governments. If Tamil Nadu was unwilling to prosecute successful talks, Kerala would spot its concerns earlier the Supreme Court, helium said.
The five-member adept committee was constituted by the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) nether the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, 2021, successful accordance with a directive of the Supreme Court. The sheet was formed to behaviour a broad information valuation of the Mullaperiyar dam.
