tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426763251966159384.post9112774657051671277..comments2022-03-27T16:13:39.191-07:00Comments on Mullaperiyar Dam Dispute: The case for a new damPonnoly Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052475508883117334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426763251966159384.post-3877641839258945622012-06-26T02:14:08.259-07:002012-06-26T02:14:08.259-07:00Can you please upload a copy of the Anand Committe...Can you please upload a copy of the Anand Committee report on the mullaperiyar?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426763251966159384.post-13642146994132711702012-01-05T21:40:13.648-08:002012-01-05T21:40:13.648-08:00Hi PJ,
With the discussion on the Mullaperiyar Dam...Hi PJ,<br />With the discussion on the Mullaperiyar Dam raging, I recall a historic reality etched in my mind: Godavari Floods of 1986, August 14-16. Our relief work sowed the seeds of PARA.<br />Sir Arthur Cotton who built the barrage at Rajahmundry over the Godavari had wanted it to be renewed after 100 years. The Indian Government did the renovation. The Engineers who built the dam or the committee that evaluated the old dam or the politicians or all of them together decided that the canal outlets and navigation lifts and related construction at the two extremes of the 8+ kms long barrage were strong enough and did not need renovation. Come 1986 floods and the non-renewed sections at Vijjeswaram and at Dowleswaram were washed off. The floods, the biggest in living memory, were caused by the confluence of excess monsoon rains and floods in the catchment area, flash floods near the barage area because of cloud burst and high tide preventing water from flowing into the sea. A perfect receipe for disaster: humans and nature in collusion. 340 people died according to official records. Fortunately the engineers of the day woke up to read the suggestions Sir Cotton had made for such eventualities and breached the river banks at Polavaram and saved Rajahmunry and its thousands who would have been washed away by the floods. Villages from polavaram to the sea were washed off, including 8kms of the Chennai Kolkata national highway near Tanuku. <br />TD JohnJohn Tharakannoreply@blogger.com