Chennai: MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Wednesday alleged that some forces in Kerala were trying to damage the Mullaiperiyar dam, over which Tamil Nadu and Kerala had been at loggerheads, and urged the Centre to take steps to transfer security to CRPF tentatively and later to the state police. “The Centre should take efforts to transfer security there to the Tamil Nadu police, first to the Central Reserve Police Force,” Mr Vaiko said in a statement.
He claimed the security of the dam was with the Tamil Nadu police until 1968, the year in which the state voluntarily transferred it to the Kerala police. Vaiko also cited the 2006 IB report, warning the Centre of possible attacks by some forces on the dam and recommended the transfer of security to CRPF.
He recalled recent incidents, including the attack on a Tamil Nadu engineer by some persons on the dam premises and denial of permission to experts and NSG personnel who had gone there to review the situation.
