The administrative powers of Mullaperiyar reservoir should be vested with the Theni District Collector in Tamil Nadu, said S Rajasekar, president of Five Southern Districts Farmers’ Association here on Monday.
Speaking to reporters at the Collectorate here after submitting a memorandum to Collector K.V. Muralidharan, he claimed that the total non-cooperation by the Kerala officials deployed at the check-post at Thekkadi had come in for severe criticism. The frequent and unannounced visits of unauthorised persons from the Kerala government to the dam site had caused concerns.
When the Supreme Court had directed that the Tamil Nadu PWD officials should be permitted to reach the dam site through the Vattakanal road route, the staff members at the check-post were adamant.
