New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed notices to be issued to the Central government and the State of Tamil Nadu on a petition seeking decommissioning of the century-old Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala and construction of a new dam at the same site.

The petition was filed by a Kerala-based organisation, Save Kerala Brigade and it was the Bench of Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran that directed the notices to be issued.

Gavai remarked that Mullaperiyar dam is one of the oldest dams.

Senior Advocate V Giri, appearing for the petitioner concurred and submitted that it was 130 years old.

However, he pointed to the problems with the dam. “But the life of about 10 million people are at the risk of loss,” he said.

He further pointed out that, “but you have

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