KOCHI: Ignoring Kerala's objections, the Tamil Nadu government has invited tenders for the construction of a new reservoir on the Aliyar river for Rs 11.721 crore. After Mullaperiyar, Kerala is yet again showing signs of succumbing to pressure from Tamil Nadu in the Parambikulam-Aliyar project, where an inter-state river water dispute exists. With this, Kerala stands to lose the chances of losing precious water it was supposed to get as per the agreement.

The Parambikulam-Aliyar agreement was renewed in 1970 with retroactive effect, along with the Mullaperiyar lease agreement. According to this, Kerala should get 21 TMC of water from the Parambikulam-Aliyar project in three phases every year.

Not only being supplied with an inaccurate amount of water, Kerala is also being duped by the mi

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