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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Legal Correspondent

Need a new reservoir instead of Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala tells Supreme Court

In the Supreme Court, Kerala on Wednesday pitched for building a new dam downstream on its side instead of the existing 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam.

Appearing before a Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, for Kerala, said the solution should be "comprehensive" and Tamil Nadu was resisting change.

The court was in its first day of hearing a series of petitions questioning the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam.

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