The Meenachil River Valley Project, which has remained a non-starter for almost four decades after it was first proposed, is in for a revival with the Kerala government appointing a six-member committee to study the project.
According to Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine, the project envisages diverting the surplus water after power generation at the Moolamattom power station to the Meenachil to maintain a steady flow of water round the year.
“If materialised, the project will be of great support to the farming community dependent on water from the river and the various irrigation and drinking water projects that draw water from it. This is the first step by the second Pinarayi Vijayan government in connection with the implementation of the project,’‘ he said in a statement on Tuesday.
