The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Kerala government on Tamil Nadu's plea that the security of Mullaperiyar dam be handed over to CISF.

The Tamil Nadu government has told the SC that the dam faced a terror threat.

A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu issue notice on the plea which also sought that the Kerala government be not allowed to seek environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests for constructing a new dam.


Tamil Nadu, in its one of the applications, has sought a direction from the court that Kerala be restrained from conducting the environment impact assessment for its new proposed dam at the site.


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