The trouble makers of Mullaperiyar

Who are the trouble makers of Mullaperiyar? Ask this question to a school kid. He will soon say the names of Minister P J Joseph of Kerala, and Vaiko of Tamil Nadu. Joseph counts 30 lakh at Thodupuzha, 40 lakhs at Thiruvananthapuram, 50 lakhs at Vandiperiyar and 70 lakhs at Delhi. These figures for him are the number lives lost if Mullaperiyar dam collapse. The seventy minus thirty equal to 40 lakhs lives lost in four districts of Kerala is simply an error in his calculation while estimating the catastrophe. This error mathematics alone shows the authenticity of his findings about Mullaperiyar dam.

At the same time Vaiko of TN counts 130 feet at Theni, 135feet at Dindugal, 142 feet at Madurai. What did he mean is: the height of water needed in the existing 116 year old fragile dam. He has no concern about the lives eighty-eight lakh people living in four districts of Kerala. To end the Mullaperiyar raging dispute a mutual exchange of these politicians can be considered by Kerala and TN. Or else the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should intervene to resolve the issue.  The height of dam water level should be lowered to 120 feet or to a safer level and ask the local politicians to stop all the hullaballoo.

K A Solaman