PM to Jaya: Undue alarm should not be created on Mullaperiyar

December 01, 2011 18:47

Seeking to calm passions over Mullaperiyar Dam issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa saying nothing should be said or done to create "undue alarm" and hoped the issue would be sorted out amicably through dialogue.

Replying to letters written by Jayalalithaa, Singh said he had asked the Water Resources Ministry to arrange an early meeting between officials of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to "sort out outstanding issues and allay genuine concerns".

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