Kerala CM To Hold Talks With CM Vijay Over Mullaperiyar

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday said he was seriously considering holding talks with his Tamil Nadu counterpart C Joseph Vijay on the long-pending Mullaperiyar dam issue, even as official-level discussions between the two states were underway. 

Responding to reporters' queries on reports that Tamil Nadu was planning to raise the water



level in the century-old dam, Satheesan said the issue remained under dispute.

"Official-level talks are already underway. We are seriously considering a meeting at the CM level as well," Satheesan said. Built in 1895, the Mullaperiyar dam has long been a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu, which owns and operates the dam, and Kerala, where it is located.