Kerala, TN agree to review Parambikulam-Aliyar water-sharing agreement

Both states will form secretary-level committees with five members each to draft the new agreement and also to resolve other inter-state water sharing issues. 
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan greets his Tamil Nadu counterpart during a meeting on inter-state water policy in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (Photo | B P Deepu, EPS)
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan greets his Tamil Nadu counterpart during a meeting on inter-state water policy in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (Photo | B P Deepu, EPS)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala and Tamil Nadu agreed to review the Parambikulam-Aliyar water-sharing agreement. Both states will form secretary-level committees to draft the new agreement and also to resolve other inter-state water sharing issues. 

This decision was taken at the meeting of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. 

Each committee will have five members including technical experts. The panel members and first meeting venue will be announced in a week.

The committee will also discuss Anamalayar diversion and Neelar-Nellar diversion.

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