Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi today said Kerala's decision to conduct a survey to build a new dam to replace the 113-year-old Mullaperiyar reservoir was not proper in law as the entire matter was sub-judice.
"...Is it proper under rule of law to go ahead with a survey when the matter is sub-judice," Karunanidhi said, amid the Mullaperiyar row hotting up between the two states.
Kerala yesterday began the survey after the Centre's recent clearance, which Tamil Nadu has opposed and has sought a stay on it from the Supreme Court.
Tamil Nadu has also moved the apex court against a legislation passed by the Kerala assembly three years ago to limit the full reservoir level to 136 feet, in a move to circumvent a Supreme Court order allowing Tamil Nadu to raise the water level to 142 feet.
Karunanidhi hit out at the CPI-M, lead partner in the ruling LDF in Kerala, wondering whether a national party can indulge in "such acts" and expect the Tamil Nadu government to meekly comply with them.
"By seeing such actions of the Kerala government, people will wonder as to which state is ruling the country," he said.
The Mullaperiyar issue has brought the two states on a collision course, with Tamil Nadu insisting on retaining the existing dam and Kerala wanting to construct a new reservoir, maintaining that the present structure was unsafe.
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